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- From: alex@am.sublink.org (Alex Martelli)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Video mode problems: Want 80x25 display back
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.101140.2789@am.sublink.org>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 10:11:40 GMT
- References: <BzLKnF.Jtv@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: Premiata Famiglia Martelli & Figli
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- dld54032@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dave Dribin) writes:
- ...
- :> I have just installed SLS Linux v0.99. While installing it I used
- :>the standard 80x25 display. Now whenever I boot up, I get sent into
- :>some other mode. The print is a lot smaller. I think it is 132x43,
- :>but I haven't counted. I was wondering how to change this. I looked
- :>at all previous posts and found no answers. Thanx in advance. Any help
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- I had the same problem. LILO 0.7's "vga=" parameter fixed it; I had
- no luck using rdev's -v switch, which *should* also work.
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- Alex
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