X and Fluxbox :: usable 800x600 ?

You can see for yourself by booting from cd and then..

cat /cdrom/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg

Looks like to me like the following:

lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 xmodule=fbdev nomce noapic

Anyway start from these.

Quote (roberts @ Jan. 13 2007,11:28)

Those suggestions worked like a charm. Was able to boot up then added those settings as my default entry (0) in /boot/grub/menu.lst.

Thanks much!

Well, it's been a year now at 640x480. Honestly this resolution doesn't bother me with exception of ugly fonts. Is there a way to experiment with fonts in a universal way or is this specific to each application?

Mostly I need clear fonts in Dillo and Aterm.

I think the pseudocolor modes don't work with the framebuffer for some reason. I have tried DSL on an old IBM 755c that only had the pseudo color modes listed & ended up goinfg for the xfree server method (which was just too much for the old 755c!). The xfree method is referenced at the end of the page about setting the vga modes:

http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Vga%3Dxxx

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I think the pseudocolor modes don't work with the framebuffer for some reason.

Aha! Where were you a year ago?

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I have tried DSL on an old IBM 755c that only had the pseudo color modes listed & ended up goinfg for the xfree server method (which was just too much for the old 755c!).

One of the reasons I've shyed from an xserver is this machines low specs. The video memory is 896 kB. Can this thing manage more than framebuffer?

Possible relevant fact. Hitting the "font" key improves the situation. Unfortunately the screen shrinks leaving the top and bottom areas unused. This is my first and only laptop. In fact I rescued it from a scrap heap last December.

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