Just installed slack 9.1
Geforce4 4x AGP 64mb
FIC AZ11E motherboard

I get this message.
you passed an undefined mode number

I can hit 'enter' and choose some screen sizes like 80x50.

OR

I can hit space and slack loads up with what looks like a 640x480 frame.

I would like at least an 800x600.

Anyone know how to get this to work?

I do have Gnome running fine at 1024x768 after i installed the nvidia driver.

thanks
Finlay

in your /etc/lilo.conf file does it have :
vga=normal
or do you have something else set ?

if it is set to something else, then try setting vga=normal and then rememeber to type
"lilo" at the prompt to accept the changes, and then retry and see if that helps ..

it was set to vga = 787 which was labeled 800x600 32k
i changed it to vga = normal and there isn't an error.
thank you

is there a way to get it to run at 800x600 or 1024x768?

the best i can do is show you the table for the vga options that is located in the
lilo.conf file ... as you can see any line that is commented shown by having a #
symbol in front of it is not being used ... and of course your only going to use one of
these options at a time ... so in the below example vga=normal is being used ... so
what you will do is put a # symbol in front of vga=normal and try one of the other
options ... which tell you what they will .. for instance if you look below the option that
says vga=791 will have 1024x768 at 64k color depth ..
so you can play with the different ones to achieve what you want ...

Did you recompile your kernel and forget to include frame buffer support?

DrOzz
I currently ave vga=normal, when i rem that line and rem out any of the other lines i get the error.

Joseph_M
I have not done anything with the kernal, i have the barei version from the slackware CD.

I don't think VESA framebuffer is compiled with original kernel from cd, I have the same sort of card and did compile with enabling VESA (not VGA) a stock kernel to play with framebuffer feature (mplayer in console etc...)

any sites or howtos on how to do that?
thanks,

vesafb is compiled with the stock kernel on slack 9.1

from a command prompt run this

$> lilo -T video

and you will see your problem. I'm guessing that your geforce4 doesn't support 800x600 32k color. But id be willing to bet money that it supports 800x600 256 color. It has to do with the.. well does it really matter? Your supposed to be able to use the rivafb ( specifically for riva/geforce chips ) to enter higher res's in your console but for the most part, people say it doesn't work. So change your vga = 787 to vga = 771. Or after you run lilo -T video, check and see what is support and choose the corresponding number.

Rerun lilo and update the master boot record on the hard drive if thats where you chose to install lilo at boot time.

771 works
thank you for the tip, 800x600 will work for me.

vga=773 equals 1024x768

I got this error when running at 1024x768x32k on a geforce4 mx440/agp8x, probably too high color depth, so scaled back to 1024x768x256. No more errors.

can you check to see what vga=### you are using and let me know?
thanks,

I believe it's 773, but it would take me some time to check since right now I'm running windows on a dualboot machine. Try it and see if it works.