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On 2013-04-28 12:51 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> IIRC (this goes back a long while), the vesafb and vga= options are |
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> completely unrelated and refer to *different* framebuffer systems. So |
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> vesafb ignores vga= and defaults to ... default :-) |
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Not according to the gentoo wiki: |
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http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Framebuffer#vesafb_2 |
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> Put the vesafb: option on the kernel command line instead. |
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I am putting it on the kernel command line: |
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title Gentoo Linux 3.7.10-r1-curr |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /boot/kernel-3.7.10-gentoo-r1-curr root=/dev/sda3 |
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video=vesafb:mtrr:y,ywrap vga=ask |
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But, after re-reading that page above for the 10th time, I finally |
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noticed this comment: |
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> Setting vga=ask is a good idea if you are unsure what to use, as the |
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> kernel will stop and ask you for the desired resolution and color |
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> depth. The displayed mode numbers are in HEX format - use the |
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> preceding 0x when updating your grub.conf with the new video mode. |
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I was just adding the number '341'... after adding vga=0x341, it works |
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just fine. |
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Wasted a few hours on that one. Gotta start paying more attention to |
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detail... |
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