From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Subject: Re: Text Display problem on laptop Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 21:54:49 -0700 Message-ID: <200508122154.49592.linux-user@nospam.dnsalias.org> References: <200508111956.50352.linux-user@nospam.dnsalias.org> <200508112259.56270.linux-user@nospam.dnsalias.org> <42FC9DF0.8030908@gelm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <42FC9DF0.8030908@gelm.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org 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?