tlug: Kernel Trouble

[Sajjad Zaidi <webscripter@example.com>]

Hello everyone,

I just installed the latest dev kernel (2.3.99-pre8) and it seems pretty stable. It includes the sblive driver(emu10k1) and works better than the seperately compiled module i was using. Everything else seems ok too except the video.

I was running 2.2.15 in 16 bit color mode at 1024x768 at the console and was enjoying it pretty well. When i specified this mode in the new kernel, it changed back to normal mode since i had compiled frambuffer support into it. I recompiled without the framebuffer and it just gave a blank screen although it booted fine otherwise.

Now im back to normal mode for the console after specifying vga=normal in lilo.conf and it is annoying on a 17" monitor. Any suggestions on the video modes? what is the number for lower res modes. The mode i mentioned above uses 773, but what about 800x600 etc.

One more problem was that Quake III froze the machine and i could only do a hard reboot. Anyone experience the same thing?

Cheers,

Sajjad Zaidi
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