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From: Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why can't I set the resolution of console ?
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:53:31
Message-Id: 1319093534.2053.4.camel@troll
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Why can't I set the resolution of console ? by Lavender <448463782@qq.com>
1 On Thu, 2011-10-20 at 14:05 +0800, Lavender 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 you have "aty" in the strings above - shouldnt it be "ati"
23
24 I dont currently have an ati card to check, but it doesnt look right ...
25
26 BillK