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From: Kevin <koquinn@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb problem
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:52:50
Message-Id: 3f0441120801150552h5605a872n11bc7d1f493474bc@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb problem by Chuanwen Wu
1 Just making sure you didn't read his line incorrectly, but I think Justin
2 was telling to go back to the VESA driver as opposed to the uvesa one. If
3 you are set on uvesa did you try the line video=uvesafb:1024x768 or is that
4 what you implied in the note about it not working.
5
6 thanks and good luck
7
8 On Jan 15, 2008 7:40 AM, Chuanwen Wu <wcw8410@×××××.com> wrote:
9
10 > Hi,
11 >
12 > On Jan 15, 2008 7:25 PM, <justin@×××××××××.net> wrote:
13 > >
14 > > just use
15 > >
16 > > video=vesafb:1024x768
17 > I tried, and it doesn't work.
18 > >
19 > > :) justin
20 > >
21 > >
22 > >
23 > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:44:39 +0800, "Chuanwen Wu" <wcw8410@×××××.com>
24 > > wrote:
25 > >
26 > > > Hi, guys!
27 > > >
28 > > > I want to have higher resolution in console. I used vesa-tng before
29 > > > and now I have update the kernel to 2.6.23 and I guess I should use
30 > > > uvesafb instead of vesa-tng.
31 > > >
32 > > > I have followed the guide here
33 > > > http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/<http://dev.gentoo.org/%7Espock/projects/uvesafb/>,
34 > and
35 > > > Here is the options I have chose in config file about the "FB" thing:
36 > > >
37 > > > CONFIG_FB=y
38 > > > CONFIG_FB_DDC=y
39 > > > CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y
40 > > > CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y
41 > > > CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=y
42 > > > CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO=y
43 > > > CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y
44 > > > CONFIG_FB_UVESA=y
45 > > > CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
46 > > > CONFIG_FB_INTEL=y
47 > > > CONFIG_FB_INTEL_I2C=y
48 > > >
49 > > > and in the menu.lst file, I append "video=uvesafb:1024x768" (PS: I
50 > > > have tried "video=uvesafb:1024x768-32" and some other similar
51 > > > parameter, too) to the kernel command line.
52 > > > But after I rebooted, the resolution was still very low, which I
53 > > > guess was 800x640, and I couldn't see anything changed.
54 > > >
55 > > > PS: My machine is Dell 1400 laptop and use x86_64 arch. I use
56 > > > tuxonice-sources and I have also tried gentoo-source to test the
57 > > > uvesafb.
58 > > >
59 > > > Any help is appreciated!
60 > > > --
61 > > > wcw
62 > > > --
63 > > > gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list
64 > >
65 > > --
66 > > gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list
67 > >
68 > >
69 >
70 >
71 >
72 > --
73 > wcw
74 > --
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76 >
77 >

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