From: andrewc@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew J. Cosgriff !) Subject: Re: 0.98pl6 Kernel Question? Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 05:25:29 GMT
ssb1pzp@access.digex.com (Phil Perucci) writes:
>Hello fellow kernel makers!
> Questions: 1) With 0.98pl6 and LILO 0.6 (can't get 0.7 to compile),
> should I use the US keyboard in Makefile if I am
> resident of USA. I know this sounds stupid, but with
> "vmlinux" kernel I got with GCC, emacs arrow keys work.
> With mine, they don't.
Well, yes anyway, but there was some sort of bug recently
(can't remember whether it was p5 or p6) that stopped the arrow keys working
in vi (possibly emacs, but I'm sure mine worked...)
> 2) Again, 0.98pl6 and LILO 0.6; I have tried every
> combination I can think of in Makefile with SVGA...
> variable. Still I get weird 132 column text mode
> on my paradise VGA card. More frustrating still,
> I can't get my image to prompt for video type when
> booting. I tried commenting out the variable to
> no avail...
Lilo 0.6 stuffs this up, so i'm told (didn't stuff MINE up but I'm just
lucky it seems...), so you'll have to try harder with 0.7...
(I still haven't grabbed it yet)
Enjoy !
Cos !
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