[Solved] Need to load Video Driver earlier

[sqlpython]

I have done this with Debian but that is a different approach with initram tools ..
I have installed a Salix KDE 14
Linux darkstar 3.2.45 #2 SMP Fri May 31 20:14:55 CDT 2013 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

A Thinkpad T410 using the nouveau video driver.

Looking to start the nouveau driver earlier as I am looking at 640x480 for too long a period.

[knome]

Not sure I understand the problem. Perhaps you need to re-run the LILO configuration (if booting with LILO).

[sqlpython]

At one point in every Linux boot the default Video driver is replaced by the loading of the enhanced video driver particular to your video card.
As an example the Nouveau or Nvidia or as on my Thinkpad SL410 the i915

The standard boot resoultion is usually 640x400.
You are correct that there is a line in lilo.conf for that change. However I am using Grub2 which is already set to a higher resolution but when Salix Slackware boots the resolution begins at 640x400 which changes to 1440x900 once the Nouveau driver loads.

[knome]

I accept salix/slackware's faff-free simple boot method as a feature.

Perhaps you could research setting up a bootsplash and then modifying it to be graphic-free (if you wish).

Does this help?...

http://www.slackwiki.com/Bootsplash

[sqlpython]

Thanks for the thought but I don't think that will help.
I am going to research the init launches and see where the Nouveau module loads and look to move it up on the list.

[sqlpython]

Viola! My Salix now boots to show only 8 lines at 640x480 before Changing to 1440x900.

As I mentioned in an earlier post and @knome rightly sited in his post, this was a job for the bootloader.
For some that is lilo and for others that would be grub.

As I boot from the grub2 bootloader I needed to modify the line in the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file that loaded my Salix/Slackware 14.1 install
While editing /boot/grub/grub.cfg is frowned upon for newbies while others do editing when needed. I have been editing that file when the need arose for at least a decade. Or since it was named menu.lst.
So I renamed

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linux /boot/vmlinuz-huge-3.2.45 root=/dev/sda6

to

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	linux /boot/vmlinuz-huge-3.2.45 root=/dev/sda6 ro rootfstype=ext4 video=uvesafb:ywrap,1440x900-32,mtrr:3,splash=silent, resume=UUID=6213ab45-10ea-4c6b-8172-8212637e5c31 elevator=cfq doscsi video=nouveau console=tty1 udev quiet