>| Hi there,
>| Since I have just installed the Slackware 2.2 into my Thinkpad system, and I
>| have also setup the X-windows as well without any problem.
>| Since, when I setup my Thinkpad to use the SVGA feature, I need to change the
>| video mode at DOS using the command "PS2 MODE3X ON", and use the loadlin to
>| boot Linux. However, when I get into the Linux, it cannot display as a full
>| screen, and it may have some garbage characters at the bottom of the screen.
>| But, when I try to start the X-window, it can use the whole screen with the
>| mode 800x600.
>| Thus, I think this may happen as the in-compatible on the term-type. Could
>| anyone give me a hand on it?
You have two choices:
[1] either stay in small screen (i.e. 640*480) mode, and use the 25*80 mode
until you get into X.
[2] Use "ps2 mode3x on" then run loadlin on a modified kernel. So, modify part
of the kernel to get you to 100*37 mode. This requires changing
/usr/src/linux/arch/u386/boot/setup.S. There are a few lines that state
something like
mov ax, 5019
which put the display into 80*25 mode. Now, you need to make it
mov ax, 5025
which put the display into 80*37 mode. Oddly enough, linux can figure out that
the display has 100 columns, but not that it has 37 lines. (I am not a linux
hacker, but this one was easy enough so that once someone sent me the
instructions, even I could do it.)
/ivo welch
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