[Sussex] vga=ask ???

[Steve Williams]

Geoff,

It may be of little help, but I have not experienced any problems on my
notebook (yup, the one that's for sale) using SuSE distros. I don't often
use vga=ask, but have not had any problems when I do. In addition, any
vga=??? lilo options run fine, vga=792 being the default in SuSE if memory
serves me correctly.

Shall I cut you a set of SuSE 8.1 Pro CDs?

Steve Williams.

-----Original Message-----
From: sussex-admin at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:sussex-admin at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of John Crowhurst
Sent: 21 January 2003 00:56
To: sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Sussex] vga=ask ???



> Chaps,
>
> A lilo question.  I would like to adjust the console resolution on my
> machine.  Dutifly I go to the /etc/lilo.conf file and add the line:
>
> vga=ask
>
> ... and then run /sbin/lilo.
>
> At boot time, lo and behold I am prompted to select from a list of
> console mode, press space to continue of wait 30 seconds.  However, no
> matter what I do from that point onward the system will crash whenever
> it gets to the apmd!

I think there is a problem here. I've read about this before, and its
something to do with apmd.

I can't seem to find mention of it on google though.

The vga=ask affects not only the apmd, but tools like hdparm. Perhaps
there is an option in the apmd config file that will fix the problem.

> I've done this on Gentoo, Red Hat and Debian - they all do the same
> thing, if I take vga=ask out the machine boots fine.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> --
> GJT
> tealeg at member.fsf.org
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