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Ricardo Saffi Marques wrote: |
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> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Alexander Meinke <ameinke@××××××.de |
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> <mailto:ameinke@××××××.de>> wrote: |
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> Try to determine possible resolutions by typing "hwinfo |
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> --framebuffer". Use the |
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> hex code 0x... and put it as kernel parameter in your grub.conf. |
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> Okay, *that* I didn't know. :-) |
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> I do know 1440x900 is a supported resolution on my machines since it's |
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> the native resolution of their screen's. |
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> For 1400x1050 with kernel 2.6.24-r3 I am using the following lines: |
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> title Gentoo GNU/Linux (gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r3) |
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> root (hd0,1) |
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> kernel /gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r3 root=/dev/sda5 vga=0x344 |
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> So after the change from the vesafb-tng to the actual uvesafb on the |
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> kernel, it actually IS necessary to use the "vga=something" trick on the |
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> boot line, then? |
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> I'll do it and tell the results. |
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> Thanks a lot, Alexander! |
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> Best regards, |
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> Saffi |
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> Ricardo Saffi Marques |
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> Laboratório de Administração e Segurança de Sistemas (LAS/IC) |
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> Website: http://www.rsaffi. |
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i always thought vga= was only used by the old vesafb driver |
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i use video=uvesafb:1024x768-32 |
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i cant get any wide screen modes to work at all, anybody else know how?? |
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