Kieth Posted November 13, 2003 Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 I installed Linux Professional 9 (Red Hat 9.2), and it changed the font size and margins of the splash screen. Wether I boot in Win98 or Linux, I cannot see the bottom line of the commands being shown. For instance, if the power goes out, and I restart the computer, I cannot see the line in linux that states that I 8 seconds (or however many it is) to press Y to have it check the system. I have a 17 inch monitor, and I would like to know what file I need to change (or delete) to resolve the problem. Yesterday, I received my Mandrake 9.2 disks. I am going to remove Red Hat and put on Mandrake. If I have to delete Win98, and reinstall it, that would be OK with me. I have Win98 and /backup on 1 hard drive (10 G) and then I put Linux on another drive (20G). Thanks, Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted November 13, 2003 Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 I'm sorry but there is no redhat 9.2, theres redhat 9 which I guess is what you mean? Which splash screen are you refering to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted November 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 I'm really not sure it's actually called a splash screen. But when linux is loading, or starting, there are various lines telling you what the program is doing. Well, that "page" is so large, that the last line is below the monitor screen. Also, the margin on the left is way too large. Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 Right, with you now. Could you let me know which bootloader you're using (redhat defualt is grub) and what resolution you'd like your monitor in (say 1024 x 768). It might be handy if you could post your bootloader config too (by default for grub it's /boot/grub/menu.lst). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted November 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 I'm using grub, and I like the 1024 resolution. My bootloader config. file is: # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg. # root (hd1,0) # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdb1 # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda default=0 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd1,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8) root (hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-8.img title Windows rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 I'd try adding vga=0x318 to the kernel arguments in grub. Probably try it at boot time first rather than straight into the config file. It should make Linux boot in 1024x768. Hope this helps, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted November 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Qchem, thanks for the reply. I was not able to answer sooner because, as I said, I was going to install Mandrake 9.2. Which I did. Then after I was able to resolve some things, I tried what you advised. Unfortunately, it did not work. Is there something else that I could try? Thanks. Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Did what I suggest do anything at all?? You should have seen a penguin in the top left corner of your screen at boot - if you didn't then check your syntax and ensure your appending the right line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted November 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 Ok! Now, after my login screen (when I have to choose between Windows 98 and Linux), the screen is perfect. Thanks. I do have three other questions, though. 1) If I wanted to have a 800x600 screen, what numbers would I write? 2) To make the correction in lilo, and not just in grub, what file would I change? 3) The screen(s) before I get to choose between Windows 98 and Linux, is still messed up. If I choose Windows 98, all the splash screens are messed up. How could I correct this? When the computer is first turned on, and it looks for the hard drives, etc., everything is OK. Then after that, it is not correct. Even if I go into BIOS, that whole page is off center and too large. In what file do I need to add the vga "code"? Thanks again. I really appreciate your help. Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 1) use vga=0x315 2) change /etc/lilo.conf and place the vga= line before the first image specification. Don't forget to rerun lilo to keep the changes. 3) this vga code is actually just for the Linux framebuffer, it sounds like there is something going on in your hardware that defaults to a strange resolution - not sure I can help with that, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 vga=normal will usually fix anything weird that is happening, though this makes for quite large font (640x480 res?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Counterspy Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 I notice you are using an older kernel for Red Hat 9.0. You can get a new one from up2date along with a number of other REd Hat fixes assuming you are still using it. If you are locked out of up2date and want back in, I'll help you with that procedure. Counterspy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 vga=788 will (I think) produce a boot screen of 1024x768 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 vga=788 will (I think) produce a boot screen of 1024x768yes, it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 It all depends on the color depth you wish to recieve in the framebuffer, the examples I gave earlier were for 24-bit, if people are really interested they should read the framebuffer HOWTO over at tldp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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