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From: Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:18:38
Message-Id: 20070602171130.44d1665c@pascal.spore.ath.cx
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions by maxim wexler
1 On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 13:53:36 -0700 (PDT)
2 maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > Hi group.
5 >
6 > For a 2.6.19 kernel w/ATI Rage128 card on a non-X box.
7 > I've been experimenting with the framebuffer and
8 > following the
9 >
10 > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash
11 >
12 > I'd like at the least for the entire page to appear in
13 > elinks at once without having to scroll from side to
14 > side to read something
15 >
16 > Under graphics support I chose <*>vesa-tng and default
17 > mode 1024x768@72. Just guessing. FWIW using a
18 > Mag-Innovision monitor XJ500T c 1996. Don't have a
19 > clue of it's Hsync or Vsync specs.
20 >
21 > I did emerge bootsplash but haven't config'd it yet.
22 >
23 > According to a posting on this group I added
24 >
25 > video=vesafs:1024x768-72:ywrap:mtrr
26 >
27 > to the kernel line in grub.conf, installed the
28 > bootloader and booted.
29 >
30 > This is what
31 >
32 > $dmesg|grep -i vesa
33 >
34 > reveals:
35 >
36 > Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda3
37 > video=vesafb:1024x768-72:ywrap:mtrr
38
39 For me,
40 | dan@pascal ~ $ cat /proc/cmdline
41 | root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x031b
42
43 See the comma? Also, you don't need to use vga, but are you sure you
44 don't want an '@' where you have a '-' ?
45 >
46 >
47 >
48 >
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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com>