Inspiron laptop, framebuffer console

From: Aaron (aaron_at_core-dev.com)
Date: 08/15/03

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    Hey folks-

    I finally got a framebuffer console to actually WORK on my Inspiron
    4100 with its GeForce2 GO under Sarge 2.4.21 by compiling with only
    VESA framebuffer and 16-color VGA framebuffer support in the kernel.

    Now, though, the framebuffer works fine until the screen goes to sleep
    for a moment and then when it comes back on, it seems to think that
    the first line of the console is 3/4 of the way down the screen. I
    tried to `reset`, but that didn't change a thing. When I Ctrl-L to
    clear the display, the prompt goes right to that line 3/4 of the way
    down. It wraps around, though, when I do a long ls -al, it'll come
    back to the top and continue to draw down the screen.

    What's going on here! It's deviously hard to find others with my
    particular laptop because the ATI Rage version was much more popular.

    My lilo.conf stanza looks like this:

    image=/vmlinuz
            label=Linux
            vga=791
            read-only

    Could the 791 be a problem?

    Thanks for any suggestions! 

    -- 
Aaron Bieber
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Graphic Design // Web Design
http://www.fisheyemultimedia.com/
aaron@fisheyemultimedia.com
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