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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Any way to get real text console without killing X capability?
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:06:01
Message-Id: 201102051804.48310.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Any way to get real text console without killing X capability? by Mick
1 On Saturday 05 February 2011 18:00:10 Mick wrote:
2 > On Saturday 05 February 2011 15:27:27 Walter Dnes wrote:
3
4 > > In "make menuconfig", I do not have any drivers enabled under...
5 > >
6 > > Device Drivers --->
7 > >
8 > > Graphics support --->
9 > > -*- Support for frame buffer devices --->
10 > >
11 > > but I still have /dev/fb0 show up. Under...
12 > >
13 > > Console display driver support --->
14 > >
15 > > the line...
16 > >
17 > > -*- Framebuffer Console support
18 > >
19 > > indicates that framebuffer console support is enabled, whether I like it
20 > > or not. This is part and parcel of the ARI Radeon driver. Without it,
21 > > no X.
22 >
23 > Right, but a framebuffer (KMS driven or vesa, et al.) is not a bad thing.
24 > Just try video=1024x768 (or whatever your desired resolution is) on the
25 > kernel line and it should just work.
26
27 Oops! Walter please ignore this message ... I just saw that you have solved
28 it on your later reply.
29 --
30 Regards,
31 Mick

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