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From(Paul Gortmaker)
SubjectRe: Video mode selection on v2.0 vs. v2.1
DateFri, 20 Mar 1998 18:25:49 +1100 (EST)
> > I can't boot unattended and get the same mode with 2.1 - which is
> > kind of annoying. The following patch allows 2.0 compatibility in
> > that "vga=7" works on both kernels.
> 
>    You should look at the mode number displayed by "scan" and enter
> that number instead of the menu item number as a parameter for the
> vga= option (well, after converting it from hex to decimal).
> 
> 						Martin

Of course you are right. I could have swore I tried that after reading
svga.txt, but I must have bungled something. I think I tried typing 0x123
at the `Enter mode or scan' prompt which it wouldn't accept (too many 
chars) and then tried feeding it the decimal equiv. (291) which it said 
was invalid.  Had I simply put "vga=291" into the 2.1 section of 
/etc/lilo.conf then it would have worked straight away. 

The only change I could suggest now is this:

-	.ascii  "Enter mode number or `scan': "
+	.ascii  "Enter mode number,  hex ID (no leading 0x), or `scan': "

to prevent people like me from making the same silly mistake.

Thanks, and sorry for the semi-bogus report. One other person e-mailed me
saying that they made a similar mistake, so it was worth mentioning anyway.

Paul.

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