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On 01/03/2011 10:23 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Nikos Chantziaras<realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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>> uvesafb will not give you extra resolutions. It will however allow you to |
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>> use non-default refresh-rates which is sometimes useful with CRT monitors. |
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>> But it has a drawback too: it needs a userspace tool and resolution is |
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>> switched too late during the boot process, meaning until it loads you'll be |
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>> seeing the kernel boot in 80x25 mode (which in turn means no boot |
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>> graphics/logo right from the start.) |
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> I use uvesafb and I can see Tux (eight of him) during my boot process |
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> before uvesafb kicks in. |
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I mean more something like this when I say "boot logo": |
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http://mjanusz.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/shot.png |
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It's at least 10 years since I saw that default Tux boot thingy :-P But |
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anyway, if uvesafb hasn't kicked in yet, what on earth is drawing that Tux? |
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