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- From: dennisf@miles.com (Dennis Flaherty)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: SVGA modes in setup.S (Was: Kernel mucking (Was: New Linux Install: Summary))
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.150558.27119@miles.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 15:05:58 GMT
- References: <1992Jul28.145636.6862@sura.net> <1992Jul28.182905.6379@ifi.uio.no>
- Organization: Miles, Inc. Diagnostics Divis.
- Lines: 29
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- In article <1992Jul28.182905.6379@ifi.uio.no> janl@ifi.uio.no (Jan Nicolai Langfeldt) writes:
- >
- > In article <1992Jul28.145636.6862@sura.net>, vargish@sura.net (Nick Vargish) writes:
- > > -->3. I remember seeing a clue on how to disable the initial "Hit <ENTER>
- > > to see SVGA modes, any other key to continue" [sic.] messgae.
- > >
- > > I was told, "hack the kernel." Haven't done this yet, but I'm thinking
- > > about it.
- >
- > I used a hour the other day to first disable the "Hit <ENTER>"
- > message/readkey then select the desired video mode correctly. All this
- > happens in /usr/src/linux/boot/setup.S. Just search for "chsvga" and
- > you'll find the relevant code. Note that the "getkey" routine is kinda
- > weird and seem to return something related to scancodes...
- >
- > Now, anyone want to colaborate on _understanding_ the vga mode
- > selection process and write patches so mode can be configured in linux
- > Makefile (like keyboard is configured)?
-
- I did this a long time ago, but since it was never worked into the official
- distribution, this question keeps popping up from time to time. You should
- be able to find svga_mode.patch on tsx-11, although it's been so long since
- I've built a kernel that I wonder if the patch works anymore.
-
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- Dennis T. Flaherty dennisf@Miles.com
- Miles, Inc. dflahert@chekov.helios.nd.edu
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