X and Fluxbox :: NeoMagic Video Cards Issues? (Perhaps Others?)



I've found this method to work (thx from dellboy for the framebuffer tip):

1) If you are booting from CD, then the boot parameter 'fb800x600' should get the job done

2) If you're booting from HDD, you don't get to manually enter a parameter, to set the system to do this, you have to edit the lilo.conf file. Find the line 'vga=<somenumber>'. Change <somenumber> to whatever mode you feel comfortable with below:

Use the Non-Hex Numbers, I have included a conversion chart.
Colours   640x400 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 1600x1200
--------+--------------------------------------------------------------
4 bits  |    ?       ?     0x302      ?        ?        ?         ?
8 bits  |  0x300   0x301   0x303    0x305    0x161    0x307     0x31C
15 bits |    ?     0x310   0x313    0x316    0x162    0x319     0x31D
16 bits |    ?     0x311   0x314    0x317    0x163    0x31A     0x31E
24 bits |    ?     0x312   0x315    0x318      ?      0x31B     0x31F
32 bits |    ?       ?       ?        ?      0x164      ?         ?
0x300 = 768
0x301 = 769
0x302 = 770
0x303 = 771
0x305 = 773
0x307 = 775
0x310 = 784
0x311 = 785
0x312 = 786
0x313 = 787
0x314 = 788
0x315 = 789
0x316 = 790
0x317 = 791
0x318 = 792
0x319 = 793
0x31A = 794
0x31B = 795
0x31C = 796
0x31D = 797
0x31E = 798
ox31F = 799
0x161 = 353
0x162 = 354
0x163 = 355
0x164 = 356

Save the file, and at the prompt run 'lilo' then reboot and all should be well

To reset back to normal change the 'vga=<number>' to 'vga=normal'.
Thanks man, I fixed my problem!  Now, do you know how to configure the sound card?? I can't get my sound card to work.  It said soundcard:unknown driver=ad8484....... =)
Heh, Glad my research could help someone!
Sorry but I can't help you with sound, altough I am in the same boat =/ Anyway, My little laptop has a Sound Blaster Compatible so I'm going to try downloading an ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) debian binary (.deb) to a cd, because the laptop isn't internet capable right now, and install ALSA. I'll let you know how everything goes and if you find anything about fixing sound within DSL then plz share!

original here.