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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] about console resolution
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:13:35
Message-Id: 1132556397.11004.56.camel@orpheus
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] about console resolution by sempsteen
1 On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 08:28 +0200, sempsteen wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 > My screen resolution outside of X is 720x400. I don't know in which
4 > file this is set and i want to change it because whenever splash
5 > starts it tries to load 720x400.cfg file. I've tried to change it on
6 > grub.conf file but nothing happens, it always switches back to
7 > 720x400. I've tried these in grub.conf file just to be sure that
8 > resolution works:
9 >
10 > kernel /kernel-2.6.14-gentoo-r2 root=/dev/hda4 vga=ask
11
12 vga= is not for vesafb-tng!
13
14 > - The scan result returned a maximum resolution of 132x60
15
16 this is characters (wide) and lines (long), not resolution!
17
18 > kernel /kernel-2.6.14-gentoo-r2 root=/dev/hda4 video=vesafb:1024x768-32@80
19 > - It switches to 720x400 (for all video=vesafb:resolutions)
20
21 try
22
23 video=vesafb:1024x768-24@60
24
25 note the "24" colour depth, and the "60" refresh rate. Once this works,
26 you can try higher numbers.
27
28 > In kernel I've enabled these:
29
30 > <*>nVidia Framebuffer Support
31
32 not sure, but I don't think you need this one - ie. choose either
33 vesafb-tng _or_ nvidia framebuffer...
34
35 I'm guessing, but 720x400 may be something the nvidia framebuffer is
36 determining, and overriding vesafb-tng... dunno...
37
38 > Can you help me?
39
40 I hope so :^)
41 --
42 Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
43
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Re: [gentoo-user] about console resolution sempsteen <sempsteen@×××××.com>