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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 13:45:52
Message-Id: 7797aa370801150540w44c9df21r87ba81d8badd20ad@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb problem by justin@j-schmitz.net
1 Hi,
2
3 On Jan 15, 2008 7:25 PM, <justin@×××××××××.net> wrote:
4 >
5 > just use
6 >
7 > video=vesafb:1024x768
8 I tried, and it doesn't work.
9 >
10 > :) justin
11 >
12 >
13 >
14 > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:44:39 +0800, "Chuanwen Wu" <wcw8410@×××××.com>
15 > wrote:
16 >
17 > > Hi, guys!
18 > >
19 > > I want to have higher resolution in console. I used vesa-tng before
20 > > and now I have update the kernel to 2.6.23 and I guess I should use
21 > > uvesafb instead of vesa-tng.
22 > >
23 > > I have followed the guide here
24 > > http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/, and
25 > > Here is the options I have chose in config file about the "FB" thing:
26 > >
27 > > CONFIG_FB=y
28 > > CONFIG_FB_DDC=y
29 > > CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y
30 > > CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y
31 > > CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=y
32 > > CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO=y
33 > > CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y
34 > > CONFIG_FB_UVESA=y
35 > > CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
36 > > CONFIG_FB_INTEL=y
37 > > CONFIG_FB_INTEL_I2C=y
38 > >
39 > > and in the menu.lst file, I append "video=uvesafb:1024x768" (PS: I
40 > > have tried "video=uvesafb:1024x768-32" and some other similar
41 > > parameter, too) to the kernel command line.
42 > > But after I rebooted, the resolution was still very low, which I
43 > > guess was 800x640, and I couldn't see anything changed.
44 > >
45 > > PS: My machine is Dell 1400 laptop and use x86_64 arch. I use
46 > > tuxonice-sources and I have also tried gentoo-source to test the
47 > > uvesafb.
48 > >
49 > > Any help is appreciated!
50 > > --
51 > > wcw
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54 >
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