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[Arjan Bouter <a_bouter AT ezrs.com>]

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:11:56 +0100
Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault AT sourcemage.org> wrote:

> Arjan Bouter a écrit :
> > Hi,
> > 
> > There's a small glitch in the iso:
> > it seems that on ati radeon 345m igp cards the text in the menus of the 
> > iso
> > is not readable. The menus themselves work, there's just no text.
> > A quick workaround is to boot the iso with "install vga=791"
> > 
> > Arjan
> 
> At least, someone found a solution :-) You can answer to all people 
> asking about this problem on the forums (but not reporting it through 

i'm not that fond of forums, but i'll have a look

> bugzilla !).

want me to post a bug? 

> 
> However, I'd like to know how this is possible. The ISO just uses the 
> basic text mode provided by the kernel console, nothing really fancy. 
> What could be wrong with that? What is this "vga=791" mode?

that's 1024x768 in 16bit color
My guess is that newer cards have some trouble with lower resolutions/color
depth.

> 
> Benoit PAPILLAULT, ISO team
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