Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Dell Inspiron M1710

[Alan McKinnon]

On Thursday 03 May 2007, Colleen Beamer wrote:
> > string? (I.e. when there's something like "1024x768x24@70" or so,
> > the values aren't freely configurable but must match a valid video
> > mode for the framebuffer driver in question -- most of them use
> > those from the "modedb"). Also, you'll need not just framebuffer,
> > but framebuffer console support, too.
>
> I use genkernel and there is a screen resolution of something that
> says 1024x768 and I can't edit it.  I also don't know what my
> horizontal and vertical sync are because it's not in my documentation
> and when I used ddxcinfo-knoppix -hsync, it returns 0 0 and
> ddcxinfo-knoppix -modlines doesn't have a corresponding mode for my
> monitor - the resolution is 1920x1200.

This is about setting the video font size in a virtual console, right? 
You need to change the "kernel" line in your boot loader for that, or 
hard-wire it into the kernel - there's a selection for that somewhere 
deep in Graphics Drivers or some such. make menuconfig and hunt for it 
like the rest of us have to do ;-)

My kernel line in grub looks like this:

kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda3 
video=vesafb:mtrr:4,ywrap,1680x1050-24@60 CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 
resume=swap:/dev/sda2

You use genkernel, so you'll have extra stuff. The important bit is 
video=vesafb:mtrr:4,ywrap,1680x1050-24@60

Adjust to match your resolution, and make sure you use a real vesa 
resolution that your card supports. More info can be found at 
/<kernel source>/Documentation/fb/modedb.txt

alan

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Alan McKinnon
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