Re: Installed newest kernel, two problems.

From: David Lloyd Geering (dreamlax_at_phreaker.net)
Date: 07/24/05 

Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 08:37:05 +1200

John Comma Smith wrote:
> J.O. Aho wrote something-rather on Friday 22 July 2005 08:58 pm:
>
>
>>John Comma Smith wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I have installed the newest kernel on my slackware 10.1. But I have two
>>>snags. The first is that in the console, the text is huge and fuzzy,
>>>unlike small and crisp, how do I fix this? The second problem is that my
>>>usb infamous mouse combo keyboard will not work. I figured that I
>>>probably forgot to include that option when I was compiling my kernel,
>>>but I was wondering if there was another way around it. Thanks for any
>>>and all help.
>>
>>You can build the HID modules and install those and then make a new
>>initrd. For the fontsize, you will need to recompile the kernel itself
>>with another size selected.
>>
>>
>> //Aho
>
>
> Can that all be done from the x config prog that comes with the program?

X is just another program that runs on top of the operating system, it
is not an integral part of the kernel or even a Linux distrobution
(though it is a common part of the latter). When the kernel starts up,
it sometimes switches to the framebuffer, or sometimes uses a standard
text buffer size. Either way, this screen resolution selection must be
hard-coded into the kernel.

Dave.

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