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On Sunday 30 March 2008, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: |
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> Mick schrieb: |
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> > Hi All, |
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> > |
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> > I've just compiled kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 which comes with uvesa and |
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> > thought of using it on a box of mine. However, amidst other weird and |
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> > wonderful errors that the new kernel gives me on this box, I have |
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> > completely failed to get uvesafb to work. |
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> > |
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> > When it boots up it comes up with these errors: |
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> > ===================================================== |
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> > * Setting framebuffer console images |
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> > Can't open cfg file //etc/splash/emergence/640x480.cfg |
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> > No 8bpp silent picture specified in the theme |
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> > No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme |
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> > * Failed to set background image on tty1 |
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> > ===================================================== |
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> > |
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> > Meanwhile the penguins and fonts on the boot console are shown in some |
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> > impossibly large size. My kernel line is: |
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> > |
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> > kernel /kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/sda3 \ |
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> > video=uvesafb:1280x1024-32@60,ywrap,mtrr:4, \ |
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> > splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 |
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> > initrd /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1280x1024 |
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> > |
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> > Any ideas? |
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> |
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> Just a shot in the dark are you using any kind of tv-out? |
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> I had this problem with tv-out. I specified a resolution of 1280x1024. |
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> When I connect my tv to my box the maximal resolution possible is |
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> 1024x768 because the tv-encoder does not offer higher resolutions. So |
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> instead of switching to the next greatest resolution of 1024x768 the |
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> uvesafb driver switches to smallest resolution of 640x480. This |
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> resolution is not available in the emergence theme thus the splash fails! |
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> If you have a problem like this there are existing patches whto the |
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> kernel which are fixing this issue! |
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> |
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> What does "cat /sys/devices/platform/uvesafb.0/vbe_modes" say? |
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Thanks Daniel, I am not using tvout, just a LCD monitor. You're right, |
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there's no 1280x1024 in the above file! Changed it to 1024x768 and it works, |
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although the quality of the image is poor (it looks sort of pixelated). |
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What controls what resolutions exist in that file? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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