From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pneumatic-tube.sgi.com (pneumatic-tube.sgi.com [204.94.214.22]) by lara.stud.fh-heilbronn.de (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id XAA16696 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 23:29:20 +0200 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by pneumatic-tube.sgi.com (980309.SGI.8.8.8-aspam-6.2/980310.SGI-aspam) via ESMTP id OAA2026433; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:26:01 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com) Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id OAA28442 for linux-list; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:20:04 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id OAA07006 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:19:56 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (sgi.com!rachael.franken.de!hub-fue!alpha.franken.de!tsbogend) Received: from rachael.franken.de (rachael.franken.de [193.175.24.38]) by sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id OAA02533 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:19:53 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (rachael.franken.de!hub-fue!alpha.franken.de!tsbogend) Received: from hub-fue by rachael.franken.de via rmail with uucp id for cthulhu.engr.sgi.com!linux; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 23:19:41 +0200 (MET DST) (Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #4 built DST-Sep-8) Received: by hub-fue.franken.de (Smail3.1.29.1 #35) id m113nU6-002OztC; Mon, 12 Jul 99 23:19 MET DST Received: (from tsbogend@localhost) by alpha.franken.de (8.8.7/8.8.5) id WAA01993; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 22:56:59 +0200 Message-ID: <19990712225659.A1990@alpha.franken.de> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 22:56:59 +0200 From: Thomas Bogendoerfer To: Edwin Hakkennes , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Small problems on Indy References: <199907121239.OAA16846@zaphod.et.tudelft.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2 In-Reply-To: <199907121239.OAA16846@zaphod.et.tudelft.nl>; from Edwin Hakkennes on Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 02:39:26PM +0200 Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 02:39:26PM +0200, Edwin Hakkennes wrote: > 1) The console uses 62 lines, but I can see only 47 of them using an > Iiyama monitor. I also tried a genuine SGI monitor, which gives me all > 62 lines. How can I set the number of lines? The screen size is compiled into the old kernels. Get a newer kernel, which will autodetect the screen size setup by the ARC console. You can find a newer kernel on ftp://ftp.linux.sgi.com/pub/linux/mips/test/vmlinux-indy* (take the newest one). Thomas. -- This device has completely bogus header. Compaq scores again :-| It's a host bridge, but it should be called ghost bridge instead ;^) [Martin `MJ' Mares on linux-kernel]