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On Tuesday 17 November 2009 07:48:21 Maxim Wexler wrote: |
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> > CONFIG_FB=y |
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> > CONFIG_FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT=y |
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> > CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y |
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> > CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y |
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> > CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=y |
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> > CONFIG_FB_VESA=y |
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> > CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK=y |
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> > CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK_SIZE=256 |
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> Identical to mine. |
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> > I have no settings for scrollback on the kernel command line, just this |
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> > to set |
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> > the resolution etc: |
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> > |
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> > vga=0x37D ywrap mtrr:4 |
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> Sure about this? 0x37D is not a recognized mode. Are you missing some |
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> punctuation? |
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Nope, that's exactly how it is in grub. I have a 1920x1440 screen and I get as |
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many 8x8 characters as can fit |
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I got the 0x37D parameter by the table shown with vga=ask |
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> my line is: video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x318. Is this syntax |
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> correct? There seems to be a variety out there. Mine only scrolls a |
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> few lines, doesn't matter If I give scrollback 128 or 256k. But there |
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> are no errors, so I must be doing something right. Tried ypan too, no |
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> luck. |
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And I get 32k worth of scrollback. There's a setting for this in menuconfig: |
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Device Drivers -> Graphics support -> Console display driver support |
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what is yours set to? |
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I must admit, the fb situation is very confusing and the Documentation |
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directory seems to be a mixture of old, new, wrong and just flat out obsolete |
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stuff. One has to read the code to find out what is supported it seems |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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