Text Display problem on laptop

I have an older HP Pavilion laptop (N2150, I believe). Booting it into text
mode results in several lines of the console being off the bottom edge of the
screen, which makes it rather difficult to do anything. How do I fix this?
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Re: Text Display problem on laptop

Try setting up console framebuffer (with VESA drivers if your videocard
is not supported) and change the resolution from your bootloader config
(/etc/lilo.conf).

--Adrain.


Dave wrote:

>I have an older HP Pavilion laptop (N2150, I believe). Booting it into text
>mode results in several lines of the console being off the bottom edge of the
>screen, which makes it rather difficult to do anything. How do I fix this?
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Re: Text Display problem on laptop

On Thursday 11 August 2005 10:14 pm, Adrian C. wrote:
> Try setting up console framebuffer (with VESA drivers if your videocard
> is not supported) and change the resolution from your bootloader config
> (/etc/lilo.conf).
>
> --Adrain.
>
> Dave wrote:
> >I have an older HP Pavilion laptop (N2150, I believe). Booting it into
> > text mode results in several lines of the console being off the bottom
> > edge of the screen, which makes it rather difficult to do anything. How
> > do I fix this? -


Forgive me for being dense ... I'm completely clueless about framebuffers.
Furthermore, I'm currently using a Knoppix livecd.
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Re: Text Display problem on laptop

Dave wrote:
> On Thursday 11 August 2005 10:14 pm, Adrian C. wrote:
>
>>Try setting up console framebuffer (with VESA drivers if your videocard
>>is not supported) and change the resolution from your bootloader config
>>(/etc/lilo.conf).
>>
>>--Adrain.
>>
>>Dave wrote:
>>
>>>I have an older HP Pavilion laptop (N2150, I believe). Booting it into
>>>text mode results in several lines of the console being off the bottom
>>>edge of the screen, which makes it rather difficult to do anything. How
>>>do I fix this? -
>
>
>
> Forgive me for being dense ... I'm completely clueless about framebuffers.
> Furthermore, I'm currently using a Knoppix livecd.

Uh, which Knoppix livecd?
I have several versions and I may have the same version that you are using.
Did you try pressing F2 or F3 as suggested at the boot screen?

I see that a 'framebuffer' mode is recommended for laptops.

"A complete list of boot options can be found in the file
knoppix-cheatcodes.txt on your CD, inside the "KNOPPIX" directory."

HTH, Chuck

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Re: Text Display problem on laptop

On Friday 12 August 2005 06:02 am, chuck gelm wrote:
> Dave wrote:
> > On Thursday 11 August 2005 10:14 pm, Adrian C. wrote:
> >>Try setting up console framebuffer (with VESA drivers if your videocard
> >>is not supported) and change the resolution from your bootloader config
> >>(/etc/lilo.conf).
> >>
> >>--Adrain.
> >>
> >>Dave wrote:
> >>>I have an older HP Pavilion laptop (N2150, I believe). Booting it into
> >>>text mode results in several lines of the console being off the bottom
> >>>edge of the screen, which makes it rather difficult to do anything. How
> >>>do I fix this? -
> >
> > Forgive me for being dense ... I'm completely clueless about
> > framebuffers. Furthermore, I'm currently using a Knoppix livecd.
>
> Uh, which Knoppix livecd?
> I have several versions and I may have the same version that you are using.
> Did you try pressing F2 or F3 as suggested at the boot screen?

I believe it's 3.7?

> I see that a 'framebuffer' mode is recommended for laptops.
>
> "A complete list of boot options can be found in the file
> knoppix-cheatcodes.txt on your CD, inside the "KNOPPIX" directory."

I've tried a couple of them, but no joy. Which mode makes an 80x25 text mode
screen fit on the display?
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Re: Text Display problem on laptop

Dave wrote:
> On Friday 12 August 2005 06:02 am, chuck gelm wrote:
>
>>Dave wrote:
>>
>>>On Thursday 11 August 2005 10:14 pm, Adrian C. wrote:
>>>
>>>>Try setting up console framebuffer (with VESA drivers if your videocard
>>>>is not supported) and change the resolution from your bootloader config
>>>>(/etc/lilo.conf).
>>>>
>>>>--Adrain.
>>>>
>>>>Dave wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I have an older HP Pavilion laptop (N2150, I believe). Booting it into
>>>>>text mode results in several lines of the console being off the bottom
>>>>>edge of the screen, which makes it rather difficult to do anything. How
>>>>>do I fix this? -
>>>
>>> Forgive me for being dense ... I'm completely clueless about
>>>framebuffers. Furthermore, I'm currently using a Knoppix livecd.
>>
>> Uh, which Knoppix livecd?
>>I have several versions and I may have the same version that you are using.
>>Did you try pressing F2 or F3 as suggested at the boot screen?
>
>
> I believe it's 3.7?
>
>
>> I see that a 'framebuffer' mode is recommended for laptops.
>>
>>"A complete list of boot options can be found in the file
>>knoppix-cheatcodes.txt on your CD, inside the "KNOPPIX" directory."
>
>
> I've tried a couple of them, but no joy. Which mode makes an 80x25 text mode
> screen fit on the display?

Hi, Dave:

I used version 3.7 also. IIRC, I tried
knoppix screen=800x600 depth=16
and then selected mode "0" (80x25).
Specifically, what boot prompts have you tried?

If you see
"You passed an undefined mode number.
Press to see a list ..."
Try mode "0".

Hmmm, this seems to be more of a 'linux-newbie' than a 'linux-admin'. :-|

HTH, Chuck


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