On Friday 12 August 2005 06:02 am, chuck gelm wrote: > Dave wrote: > > On Thursday 11 August 2005 10:14 pm, Adrian C. wrote: > >>Try setting up console framebuffer (with VESA drivers if your videocard > >>is not supported) and change the resolution from your bootloader config > >>(/etc/lilo.conf). > >> > >>--Adrain. > >> > >>Dave wrote: > >>>I have an older HP Pavilion laptop (N2150, I believe). Booting it into > >>>text mode results in several lines of the console being off the bottom > >>>edge of the screen, which makes it rather difficult to do anything. How > >>>do I fix this? - > > > > Forgive me for being dense ... I'm completely clueless about > > framebuffers. Furthermore, I'm currently using a Knoppix livecd. > > Uh, which Knoppix livecd? > I have several versions and I may have the same version that you are using. > Did you try pressing F2 or F3 as suggested at the boot screen? I believe it's 3.7? > I see that a 'framebuffer' mode is recommended for laptops. > > "A complete list of boot options can be found in the file > knoppix-cheatcodes.txt on your CD, inside the "KNOPPIX" directory." I've tried a couple of them, but no joy. Which mode makes an 80x25 text mode screen fit on the display? - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
