[plug] removing framebuffer support from lilo in Mandrake 10

[Jim Householder]

Scott Middleton wrote:
<snip>

>>>My solution is to remove framebugger support from bootup. Edit grub or
>>>lilo so that it doesn't use the framebugger and you will find that it is
>>>much more stable.
>>>
>>
>>How?
>>
>>I looked in kernel-parameters and fb/, and found ways to select particular hardware, but nothing that would allow me to disable anything.
>>
> 
> 
> /etc/lilo.conf
> ...
> default="linux-nonfb"
> ...
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
>         label="linux-nonfb"
>         root=/dev/hda2
>         initrd=/boot/initrd.img
>         append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda1"
>         read-only
> 
> 
> The differences are in the append where there is a splash= option and
> also vga=788. You can also remove those options from the "linux" image.
> 
> If you use GRUB, sorry, but I am sure it is nearly the same.
> 
> Regards
> 

Thanks.  I had removed the splash= to see what it did but did not think to try the screensaver again.  I use vga=0x30c for 132x60 text which does not affect the screensaver.

Jim