From: duperval@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Duperval Laurent) Subject: Re: Kernel mucking (Was: New Linux Install: Summary) Date: 29 Jul 1992 14:44:05 GMT
In article <1992Jul28.182905.6379@ifi.uio.no> janl@ifi.uio.no (Jan Nicolai Langfeldt) writes:
>
>In article <1992Jul28.145636.6862@sura.net>, vargish@sura.net (Nick Vargish) writes:
>> -->3. I remember seeing a clue on how to disable the initial "Hit <ENTER>
>> to see SVGA modes, any other key to continue" [sic.] messgae.
>>
>> I was told, "hack the kernel." Haven't done this yet, but I'm thinking
>> about it.
>
>I used a hour the other day to first disable the "Hit <ENTER>"
>message/readkey then select the desired video mode correctly. All this
>happens in /usr/src/linux/boot/setup.S. Just search for "chsvga" and
>you'll find the relevant code. Note that the "getkey" routine is kinda
>weird and seem to return something related to scancodes...
>
I also hacked at the kernel to remove that annoying message. I took the
svgamode.patch file and tried to apply the patch. It was broken so I just
went through the patch and applied it by hand. I got it to work fine so...
if anyone has upgraded to 0.96cpl2 and managed to compile it using a modified
version of svgamode, can (s)he send the cdiffs to Linus so he can try (Please,
please, pretty please!!!) to incorporate it in his next release? I think
there are a lot of people who would prefer not to have to selevt a video mode
since they use the same one all the time. If that solution isn't right, maybe
we could store a file somewhere containing the video mode to run and the video
mode could be set in /etc/rc or something like that. Or a utility that
changes the video mode on the fly. I don't know all that much about video
card so I wouldn't be of much help. But I'm sure someone out there can do it.
After all, we've got a stable OS that outperforms MS-DOG and possibly other
Unices... all in less than a year. Far out!
>Nicolai
>
>--
>Nicolai Langfeldt, "Bugs made while you wait"
>Internet: janl@ifi.uio.no
P.S. So when IS Linux's birthday?
-- Laurent Duperval duperval@ere.umontreal.ca duperval@jsp.umontreal.ca "If you gotta go, you might as well go happy... or suprised" -Me