Subj : Re: Looking for a Live CD with ...
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Trent Buck
Date : Tue Nov 30 2004 01:39 am

Up spake Bob McConnell:
> I don't know which video chips I have until I can see dmesg, which is
> usually too late.

Dunno if this helps:

For Knoppix at least, the boot parameters `2 vga=normal' will put you in
a (non-framebuffer) text mode.  Unfortunately Knoppix defaults to
vga=790 or so.

-- 
-trent
Thou shalt not droppeth thy leatherman onto live motherboards.
 -- Andreas "Buzh" Skau

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