Dear all, I am new to this list. Hope I can gain some knowledge about Linux Console with your help and support. I am a debian user but I got a chance to test Mandrake Linux and there I saw first time the magic of Linux console. First of all the Mandrake console was neat and clean with high resolution support and Colourful text. More over a transparent Logo was there at the buttom of the screen. It was really nice looking and at the same time disclousing the fact what power is inbuilt inside Linux console!! I compiled the kernel with Fb and vesa support. Then I add the vga=791 at the kernel configuration line at grub.cfg and now I get high resolution screen with linux logo support at booting. But There are so many things which I have not found through googling and grateful to the list if some one help me. 1> How can I test what max. resolution my monitor can suport with a command ? 2> High resolution can be opted by SVGA, VGA or fbdevice. What are the difference between these and how can I know which one is best for my Display card ? 3> How to get colorful text; like the text in knoppix during booting ? 4> How can I get a colorful propt symbol in the console ? ( .bash-profile ?? ) 5> and finally how can I get the tranparent logo at the butom of my console ? A no. of question :-) but I am very much interersted to know about the techniques behind linux console and like to modify my debian console. Kindly guide me with suggestions, link, or what ever you think helpful for me. Thanks -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-console" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
