Can't set console display mode to anything but VGA
 

I am trying to set my console display mode to 1024x768 but all i can get is VGA.
When i set the display mode to 1024x768x256 in liloconfig and reboot i get a message saying:

you passed an undefined mode number

I have an old S3 Trio 64 video card which i suspect is causing the problem, i can live without X but i assumed i could at least get a decent resolution in console on it.

Is this something that only gets set in lilo.conf or is there some other file i need to edit?

Any ideas?

Try just editing your /etc/lilo.conf file and change vga=normal to vga=773 then run lilo afterwards

tried that already...if i set it to anything but vga=normal i get the "undefined mode number" error message

Have you got framebuffer compiled into your kernel?

Yes it is, ive only had this problem since i changed the video card.
Apparently i need a Vesa 2.0 compliant card to use the framebuffer driver and i dont think the S3 is.

Then AFAIK you can only use vga=normal so i dont think you can get a better resolution

oh well...thanks anyway