Thanks, I shall give this a try. At the moment I do not have Video mode selection support and X seems to work but is literally 10000 times slower than I would expect (i.e. it takes about an hour to draw a window). I didn't understand what you meant by "lilo -3 vga=ask". Is there something more I have to do other than rebuild the kernel with the extra options in "make menuconfig"? Thanks, Alex Ringo Harmsen wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 03:07:29AM -0700, Eric Sprague wrote: > >>Well, configure X to use the vga16 driver - ok, so >>you'll get 640x480 in 16 colors, but it will run on >>virtually all video card/monitor combos. Try VESA if >>vga16 is too barfucious. >> >>--- Alex Zeffertt <ajz@cambridgebroadband.com> wrote: >> >>>All, >>> >>>I need to create a linux distro to run entirely from >>>a CDROM without touching the HD - and it has to >>>support X. To this end I've downloaded LEM - a >>>small linux distro which supports X - and I'm going >>>to run it from a initial ramdisk so that the root >>>filesystem is read/write. >>> >>>My problem is that I need this CDROM to work with >>>ANY graphics card, and ANY monitor. Does anybody >>>know how to do this? I know it must be possible >>>because RedHat do it with their installation CDs! >>> >>>Thanks in advance, >>> >>>Alex >>> >>> > Try a fbdevice with vesa > > Linux Kernel v2.4.17 Configuration > > Console drivers > [*] VGA text console > [*] Video mode selection support > < > MDA text console (dual-headed) (EXPERIMENTAL) > Frame-buffer support ---> > > > > /* This is the submenu Frame-buffer support */ > > > [*] Support for frame buffer devices (EXPERIMENTAL) > < > nVidia Riva support (EXPERIMENTAL) > < > Cirrus Logic support (EXPERIMENTAL) > < > Permedia2 support (EXPERIMENTAL) > < > Cyber2000 support > [*] VESA VGA graphics console > < > VGA 16-color graphics console > < > Hercules mono graphics console (EXPERIMENTAL) > < > Matrox acceleration (EXPERIMENTAL) > < > ATI Mach64 display support (EXPERIMENTAL) > < > ATI Radeon display support (EXPERIMENTAL) > < > ATI Rage128 display support (EXPERIMENTAL) > < > SIS acceleration (EXPERIMENTAL) > < > 3Dfx Banshee/Voodoo3 display support (EXPERIMENTAL) > < > 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics (sst1) support (EXPERIMENTAL) > < > Virtual Frame Buffer support (ONLY FOR TESTING!) > [ ] Advanced low level driver options > [ ] Support only 8 pixels wide fonts > [ ] Select compiled-in fonts > > > Only showing kernel config for fbdev support. > > > > -=-=-=-Cut Here-=-=-=-=-= > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "XFree86 Configured" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "dbe" > Load "dri" > Load "extmod" > Load "glx" > Load "pex5" > Load "record" > Load "xie" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "keyboard" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/misc/psaux" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "Monitor Model" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > ### Available Driver options are:- > ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", > ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" > ### [arg]: arg optional > #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>] > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "fbdev" > Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb/0" > VendorName "S3" > BoardName "Trio64V2/DX or /GX" > BusID "PCI:0:15:0" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultFbBpp 16 > DefaultDepth 15 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 1 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 4 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 8 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 15 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > -=-=-=End of my own XF86Config -=-=-= > > Now you just have to edit you bzImage or put it on lilo -3 vga=ask > > You can select fbdev 800*600 by entering <enter> then > > 313 for 800 * 600. * 15 bits. > > There are numerous faqs but feel free to ask. > > They will give you more detailed info for you situation. > > have phun, > > Ringo > > k33p 0n h4ck1n9 > > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
