On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 23:50, Antony Stone wrote:
Hi.
I'm using LinuxBios on an SiS630 motherboard (PC-Chips M810L).
Is is essential to use the framebuffer device for video output under LinuxBios, or can I boot it into a 'standard VGA' mode ?
I tried changing HAVE_FRAMEBUFFER=1 to =0 and also removing it entirely from my config file, but I just got no video output at all - the serial port told me everything else was starting up okay though.
Do you want VGA frame buffer or not ?? If you want framebuffer for SiS 630, you have to enable SiSFB Lite in the SiS LinuxBIOS patch.
If it is essential to use the framebuffer, is there any way to change the refresh rate, because I'm using an old monitor which loses the top & bottom of the screen (it doesn't have a vertical size control :-( ) when I boot under LinuxBios.
SiSFB Lite accept standard kernel parameter for video mode. Read linux/Documentation/fb/modedb for more detail.
Ollie