Re: bttv and mga

Martin Mares (mj@ucw.cz)
Sat, 10 Oct 1998 10:38:48 +0200


Hello,

> two issues:
> 1)
>
> In the 2.1.117 days I used to pass param like : "video=map:00001111"
> to lilo get mga on F-5 to F-8 and vga on remaining 8 consoles. It
> does not seems to work in 120 and 125 anymore. In case of 125 I get
> automatically mga on 12-15. Any comments? Has the 'map:' been depreciated?
>
> (btw, the info on map: is form HOWTO-framebuffer).

In post-2.1.124 kernels MDA support doesn't use FBcon at all -- it's a separate
console driver now and it has its own parameters. Use "mdacon=5-8" to get what
you want.

Have a nice fortnight

-- 
Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@ucw.cz>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
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