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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: uvesafb - does it require use of initramfs/initrd?
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:56:21
Message-Id: 200901181043.19536.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: uvesafb - does it require use of initramfs/initrd? by "»Q«"
1 On Sunday 18 January 2009 00:25:49 »Q« wrote:
2
3 > I also have a 1280x800 screen and uvesafb works for me without
4 > distortion with this kernel video option in grub.conf:
5 >
6 > video=uvesafb:1280x800-32,mtrr:3,ywrap
7
8 Do you have that resolution available in your BIOS? I read somewhere that
9 uvesafb can only use what it finds in the BIOS; in my case there is no such
10 resolution. Maybe BIOS writers assume that nobody uses a text screen these
11 days.
12
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15 On Sunday 18 January 2009 03:25:33 Paul Hartman wrote:
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17 > In Konsole I'm using "Fixed [ETL]" 10pt, whatever that is, maybe it's
18 > the default, I can't remember, but it's nice.
19
20 It isn't the default (it can't be as I hadn't seen it before), but it's good
21 that we have a choice. Nowadays I fear I shall have to stick to something a
22 bit larger ;-(
23
24 --
25 Rgds
26 Peter

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