[CentOS] GRUB and vga=788

[Mats Karlsson]

If you don't wan't to wait then there is a test version at
http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5/18.el5

rpm -ivh
http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5/18.el5/i686/kernel-2.6.18-18.el5.i686.rpm


/M

On 5/15/07, Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/15/07, Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On a minimal (e. g. without X) server install, one of the first things I
> > do is add 'vga=788' to the 'kernel' line in /boot/grub/menu.lst, so I
> > can use the framebuffer in 800x600 mode and have a better readability in
> > console mode.
> >
> > However, I tried this on my minimal CentOS 5 install, and right after
> > GRUB, the screen just blanks. I add that this (test) machine ran maybe a
> > dozen other distros before, and the 'vga=788' line always did the trick.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Yep, wait for centos 5.1 to be released. This was an upstream
> bug/oversight and they did not include FB_VESA support in the 5.1
> kernel. A bug has been filed upstream and is available for your
> viewing pleasure at
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=236195
>
>
>
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