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    VGA display mode codes

    I have Knoppix 3.1 loaded on an old Toshiba 300CDT laptop - it's on loan - and no we can't get Knoppix 3.3 on it. Slow (only 80Mb) but usable, even with OpenOffice 1.1.0. There was a problem with the display during boot, because Knoppix defaults to 1024x768 and I only have 800x600. This was OK until the root partition glitched in a file-system check and I could not read the bottom of the screen to find out what was happpening, or enter any commands (except by guesswork). I fixed this by changing the VGA code in 'lilo.conf' from 791 to either NORMAL or 0x0103 (800x600x256). Both produced the same display, 80x25 on the central 50% or so of the screen, but without the penguin at the top left.

    However, what I would like to do, if possible, is have the neat display that goes with VGA=791, but in an 800x600 space. Is there a VGA display code that will do this?

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    Re: VGA display mode codes

    Quote Originally Posted by Nadrach
    I have Knoppix 3.1 loaded on an old Toshiba 300CDT laptop - it's on loan - and no we can't get Knoppix 3.3 on it. Slow (only 80Mb) but usable, even with OpenOffice 1.1.0. There was a problem with the display during boot, because Knoppix defaults to 1024x768 and I only have 800x600. This was OK until the root partition glitched in a file-system check and I could not read the bottom of the screen to find out what was happpening, or enter any commands (except by guesswork). I fixed this by changing the VGA code in 'lilo.conf' from 791 to either NORMAL or 0x0103 (800x600x256). Both produced the same display, 80x25 on the central 50% or so of the screen, but without the penguin at the top left.

    However, what I would like to do, if possible, is have the neat display that goes with VGA=791, but in an 800x600 space. Is there a VGA display code that will do this?
    Yes there is you want 788.
    Code:
    Screen   640x480     800x600     1024x768     1280x1024     1600x1200 
    Colors    --------------------------- -------------------------------------------
     256     | 769         771          773            775              796 
     32,768 | 784         787           790           793              797 
     65,536 | 785         788           791           794              798 
     16.8M  | 786        789           792           795              799

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    Yay! Works! Thank you very much!

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