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| Author: | ed3120 [ Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:47 am ] |
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My HDTV cannot properly display the bootup process of my Myth. By the time the machine completes booting, it has pulled the proper modeline from my XF86Config-4, but prior to that I get incoherent garbage. Is there a way to setup a default modeline for the boot process? I can read the very first screen (which shows the bios logo and the system CPU/memory info). I have a modeline that allows me to display 640x480 (encapsulated in a 1080i signal)...I just need to know how to get the system to display during boot. The bootup process isn't necessarily the most important thing, but what I really miss doing is being able to Ctrl-Alt-F1, etc. to switch to a prompt. This was convenient, but looks like it uses the same modeline as the bootup process. |
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| Author: | ed3120 [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:13 pm ] |
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Why can't I set it to just use my 640x480 modeline, which works perfectly fine? |
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| Author: | thornsoft [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:40 pm ] |
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Until X starts, it doesn't know about your modeline. |
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| Author: | tjc [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:56 pm ] |
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You can add a resolution to your kernel boot paramaters in lilo.conf. Searching under the Install topic should find where Cecil describes how to do this. |
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| Author: | ed3120 [ Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:00 pm ] |
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I'm searching for, but I'm haven't trouble finding it. |
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| Author: | EvilTwin [ Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:25 pm ] |
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Are you using the "author" field in the search? Try both "Cecil" and "cesman". As for keywords, try "lilo" "boot" "resolution", ... Start with a shallow scan. I remember it being a relatively short thread posted sometime since 30.2 or B7 came out. It may not have been under install as tjc suggested, so try dropping that criteria. |
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| Author: | tjc [ Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:29 pm ] |
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Both of these install instructions from the wiki include descriptions of how to do this: http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=KnoppMythR5PreviewInstall http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=KnoppMythInstall I can't seem to find the posting either, which probably means it died in a purge of off topic postings. |
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| Author: | ed3120 [ Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:03 pm ] |
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I tried searching with cecil and cesman and I just can't find it. I went through those links and I don't see where it says how to change the modeline for boot. I even went back and find for modeline, and didn't come up with much. |
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| Author: | Liv2Cod [ Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:07 pm ] |
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If you're looking for "modeline" you're looking in the wrong place. "Modelines" are used only in the X environment, and that isn't even loaded until much later in the boot process. Look instead for lines like "vga=normal", "vga=791", or even "vga=800x600" in conjunction wtih the lilo boot loader. These are the statements that will affect the resolution and refresh rate of your video before X is loaded. |
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