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From: Chuanwen Wu <wcw8410@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb problem
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:33:25
Message-Id: 7797aa370801150631y2f2928cdqbafeda2a4ab6d190@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb problem by Kevin
1 Hi,
2 On Jan 15, 2008 9:52 PM, Kevin <koquinn@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > Just making sure you didn't read his line incorrectly, but I think Justin
4 > was telling to go back to the VESA driver as opposed to the uvesa one. If
5 > you are set on uvesa did you try the line video=uvesafb:1024x768 or is that
6 > what you implied in the note about it not working.
7 >
8 I mean Justin' s suggestion "video=vesafb:1024x768" didn't work in my machine.
9 And also, just as what I said in the first post that
10 "video=uvesafb:1024x768" didn't work, too.
11 > thanks and good luck
12 >
13 >
14 >
15 > On Jan 15, 2008 7:40 AM, Chuanwen Wu <wcw8410@×××××.com> wrote:
16 > > Hi,
17 > >
18 > > On Jan 15, 2008 7:25 PM, <justin@×××××××××.net> wrote:
19 > > >
20 > > > just use
21 > > >
22 > > > video=vesafb:1024x768
23 > > I tried, and it doesn't work.
24 > > >
25 > > > :) justin
26 > > >
27 > > >
28 > > >
29 > > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:44:39 +0800, "Chuanwen Wu" <wcw8410@×××××.com>
30 > > > wrote:
31 > > >
32 > > > > Hi, guys!
33 > > > >
34 > > > > I want to have higher resolution in console. I used vesa-tng before
35 > > > > and now I have update the kernel to 2.6.23 and I guess I should use
36 > > > > uvesafb instead of vesa-tng.
37 > > > >
38 > > > > I have followed the guide here
39 > > > > http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/, and
40 > > > > Here is the options I have chose in config file about the "FB" thing:
41 > > > >
42 > > > > CONFIG_FB=y
43 > > > > CONFIG_FB_DDC=y
44 > > > > CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y
45 > > > > CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y
46 > > > > CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=y
47 > > > > CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO=y
48 > > > > CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y
49 > > > > CONFIG_FB_UVESA=y
50 > > > > CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
51 > > > > CONFIG_FB_INTEL=y
52 > > > > CONFIG_FB_INTEL_I2C=y
53 > > > >
54 > > > > and in the menu.lst file, I append "video=uvesafb:1024x768" (PS: I
55 > > > > have tried "video=uvesafb:1024x768-32" and some other similar
56 > > > > parameter, too) to the kernel command line.
57 > > > > But after I rebooted, the resolution was still very low, which I
58 > > > > guess was 800x640, and I couldn't see anything changed.
59 > > > >
60 > > > > PS: My machine is Dell 1400 laptop and use x86_64 arch. I use
61 > > > > tuxonice-sources and I have also tried gentoo-source to test the
62 > > > > uvesafb.
63 > > > >
64 > > > > Any help is appreciated!
65 > > > > --
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Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb problem Kevin <koquinn@×××××.com>