[plug] Framebuffer problem

Peter Wright pete at cygnus.uwa.edu.au
Mon May 29 14:37:51 WST 2000


On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 02:29:21PM +0800, Christian wrote:
> On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 02:24:52PM +0800, Peter Wright wrote:
[ snip ]
> > Top left-hand corner.
> 
> But 0301 does not equal 0x301... one is octal and the other
> hexadecimal.

The Framebuffer-HOWTO spake thusly:
> Reboot the kernel, and as a simple test, try entering 0301 at the VGA
> prompt (this will give you 640x480 @ 256), and you should be able to
> see a cute little Penguin logo. 
> 
> Note, that at the VGA prompt, you're required to type in the number in
> the format of "0" plus the 3 digit figure, and miss out the 'x'. This
> isn't necessary if you're using LILO. 

*shrug* I don't know why either.... :)

Pete.
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