Dave wrote:
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?
Hi, Dave:
I used version 3.7 also. IIRC, I tried
knoppix screen=800x600 depth=16
and then selected mode "0" (80x25).
Specifically, what boot prompts have you tried?
If you see
"You passed an undefined mode number.
Press <return> to see a list ..."
Try mode "0".
Hmmm, this seems to be more of a 'linux-newbie' than a 'linux-admin'. :-|
HTH, Chuck
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