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Bug 5747

Summary:	append parameter not passed properly to kernel
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	tom.hui
Component:	lilo	Assignee:	Doug Ledford <dledford>
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Version:	6.1
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Description tom.hui 1999-10-09 01:32:30 UTC

The matrox frame buffer module allows for a kernel parameter
that can be used to setup the default boot resolution for
the frame buffer.  This is done via the "append" option in
the lilo.conf file.  The section from the lilo.conf looks
like this:

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12
	label=linux
	root=/dev/hda7

append="video=matrox:pixclock:7407,left:256,right:32,upper:34,lower:3,hslen:144,vslen:3,xres:1280,yres:1024,depth:16"
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This works with lilo-0.21-6 which comes with RedHat 6.0.
However, lilo-0.21-10 does not seem to pass the parameters
properly therefore, the frame buffer is not setup and the
screen is unreadable.  Installing lilo-0.21-6 under RedHat
6.1 and running lilo again fixes the problem.

Comment 1 Cristian Gafton 2000-01-04 22:27:59 UTC

Assigned to dledford

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2002-06-04 04:51:09 UTC

Should be fixed in current release; older versions of lilo improperly truncated
the append.