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From:	Andrey Moshbear <andrey.vul@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Why can't I set the resolution of console ?
Date:	Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:08:52
Message-Id:	`CAFnZeoSHXHk-LshhMoHJkB7_adTJiJeDwzB2C8wccwap8iLK1A@mail.gmail.com`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] Why can't I set the resolution of console ? by Lavender <448463782@qq.com>

1	On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 02:05, Lavender <448463782@××.com> wrote:
2	> I edit the command line of grub at boot time .
3	> I passed some parametres to kernel like below:
4	>
5	> root=/dev/sda6 video=atyfb:1024x768@60m
6	>
7	> and I also tried another one:
8	>
9	> root=/dev/sda6 video=aty128fb:1024x768@60m
10	>
11	> Both of them didn't show any error messages and the system
12	> can start up, but the resolution still no changed.
13	>
14	> There is an issue happened in my buiding kernel : I hadn't found
15	> the driver for my video card. I'm not sure whether it has anything
16	> to do with this issue?
17	>
18	> BTW, my video card information is below:
19	>
20	> ATI Technologies Inc M92 LP (ATI Radeon 4330 series)
21
22	Is vesafb/uvesafb* compiled in?
23
24	*needs v86d and initrd with /sbin/v86d in it