From: forkosh@panix.com   
      
   Mike Spencer  wrote:   
   > kaukasoina3dore73js4@sci.fi (Petri Kaukasoina) writes:   
   >> Mike Spencer   wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> But the console is still a problem.  Two lines of text at the top of   
   >>> the screen are random bits and text on those lines is invisible   
   >>   
   >> Have you selected the VGA text mode in /etc/lilo.conf?   
   >> Try vga=normal (and run lilo).   
   >   
   > That's what I've always had.   
   >   
   >> 'vga=ask' lets you try different values, for example 795 for   
   >> 1280x1024, 24-bit mode. If it works, then edit it to vga=795.   
   >   
   > (For the record, LILO wanted that number in hex (0x31B == 795) when   
   > using the LILO menu.)   
   >   
   > That worked to the extent that reboot was successfull but made no   
   > difference to the problem that the virtual consoles hide the top two   
   > lines of text behind a stripe of snow.   
      
   In your lilo.conf you might try something like   
      append=" video=1280x1024 vt.default_utf8=0"   
   just to see what happens. Probably couldn't hurt.   
   (Sorry if somebody already suggested that.   
   Didn't read all the followups.)   
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