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On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:43:19 +0000 |
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Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Sunday 18 January 2009 00:25:49 »Q« wrote: |
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> > I also have a 1280x800 screen and uvesafb works for me without |
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> > distortion with this kernel video option in grub.conf: |
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> > video=uvesafb:1280x800-32,mtrr:3,ywrap |
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> Do you have that resolution available in your BIOS? I read somewhere |
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> that uvesafb can only use what it finds in the BIOS; in my case there |
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> is no such resolution. Maybe BIOS writers assume that nobody uses a |
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> text screen these days. |
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In the BIOS for my mainboard, there doesn't seem to be any mention of |
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resolutions. But my video BIOS does support that resolution, at least |
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according to what shows up in /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes |
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and /sys/bus/platform/drivers/uvesafb/uvesafb.0/vbe_modes |
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And yeah, in the "Caveats and Limitations" section of |
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linux/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt , spock does make it clear that |
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uvesafb can only use modes supported by the video BIOS. I don't think |
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I could live with that -- I'd go back to vesafb if it didn't WFM. |
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»Q« |
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Kleeneness is next to Gödelness. |
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