video issues??

0028webstera · 01-11-2003, 05:09 PM

Hi,

When I boot I get this error:

You passed an undefined mode number Press <RETURN> to see the video modes available, <SPACE> to continue or wait 30 secs

No matter what I choose it still comes up each time I boot. Does anyone know what this is? Is this about monitor refresh rates? Video issue?

Sincerely,
Purplexed newbie

acid_kewpie · 01-11-2003, 05:13 PM

it's the video mode. to frame buffer or not to frame buffer. personally i use 788 (decimal. table below is hex), 800x600 framebuffer. lovely. you should set it in your /etc/lilo.conf at the vga=option

Code:

    | 640x480  800x600  1024x768 1280x1024
----+-------------------------------------
256 |  0x301    0x303    0x305    0x307  =20
32k |  0x310    0x313    0x316    0x319  =20
64k |  0x311    0x314    0x317    0x31A  =20
16M |  0x312    0x315    0x318    0x31B

i don't know why you're getting this, maybe your graphics card is not even vesa2.0 complint but that's pretty unlikely unless you're using a gameboy.