Hi Dave,
thank you very much for this hint - video=<something> does the trick. I only 
wonder why the old entries (that IMHO were meant to do the same, 
vga=<something>, i. e. vga=0x324) don't work any more. I wouln't have searched 
for this, as I was accustomed to vga=<something> what actually does not work 
any more.

And, by the way, the only tiny drawback I noted is the fact that the splash 
has disappeared. But this is by far not as bad as a useless console ..... :-)

Thanks again,
take care




Dieter Jurzitza

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