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On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:50:31 +0200 |
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"Vlad Dogaru" <ddvlad@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> |
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> after a couple of failed attempts some time ago, I actually ended up |
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> with a kernel that boots. However, I am experiencing some problems |
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> which I think are at least in part due to my perhaps incomplete kernel |
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> configuration. |
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> First of all, my console is still in 80x24 mode, although I pass |
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> video=vesafb:1024x768-32@72 to the kernel. I have compiled vesafb-tng |
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> into the kernel, so specifying the vga mode is not needed, right? If I |
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> add vga=0x318, the kernel complains about an unsupported mode and |
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> makes me choose another. However, I know from my previous |
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> (genkernel-created) kernel that these paramters work for my hardware |
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> setup. |
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In my experience "video=vesafb:1024x768-32@72" never sets the console |
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font size, just the screen resolution. "vga=0x318" hasn't worked for me |
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for 5 years or so and i recommend instead that you use a smaller vga= |
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statement for the initial font and then setting (look at the list, i |
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don't remember them) up /etc/conf.d/consolefont to use the sun-12x22 |
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font, which is the biggest and looks the best on 1024x768 imho, or |
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another font you like. |
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> Secondly, I installed nvidia-drivers, but the X server refuses to load |
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> glx. I can't check for the exact error now, but it's something about |
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> an unrecognised/unsupported format. If I set opengl to xorg-x11, X |
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> starts (but I suppose it's not by far the same thing). |
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did you use "eselect opengl set nvidia"? There's a nice nVidia+HW |
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accel. guide on the gentoo sites that I highly recommend. MAke sure |
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DRI is disabled, although that usually happens automatically. |
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> Could this be linked to the fact that my detected X settings are a bit |
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> strange? For instance, the monitor VendorName and ModelName are just |
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> generic strings and the subsections for the Screen section only |
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> contain "ViewPort 0 0" in addition to Depth, which varies (correctly |
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> as far as I can tell) from 1 to 24. |
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First of all you probably should enable I2C support in the kernel so |
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you can better communicate with some hardware in your computer over |
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simple I2C protocol. The monitor name/vendor name are just identifiers |
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and mean nothing, and the screen section usually looks something like |
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that, but you might want to look up online and add horizontal and |
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vertical refresh rates for good resolutions. |
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> Other than that, and a bit offtopic, too, today has been both very fun |
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> and incredibly educational (but a bit sore on the eyes). |
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i love gentoo. |
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> PS: I tried to send this a while back, but without success. If it |
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> did, however, get sent, then I apologise for the double post. |
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It did get double sent. |
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> How's my English? |
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you even appear to understand the use of commas ; ) |
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