From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chuck gelm Subject: Re: Text Display problem on laptop Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:02:40 -0400 Message-ID: <42FC9DF0.8030908@gelm.net> References: <200508111956.50352.linux-user@nospam.dnsalias.org> <42FC3050.1020406@gmail.com> <200508112259.56270.linux-user@nospam.dnsalias.org> Reply-To: chuck@gelm.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200508112259.56270.linux-user@nospam.dnsalias.org> Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Dave Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org 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 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." HTH, Chuck