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From: Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Is Vesa/Uvesa still the way for Frame buffer
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:01:00
Message-Id: 87y58kultz.fsf@newsguy.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Is Vesa/Uvesa still the way for Frame buffer by Harry Putnam
1 Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> writes:
2
3 > It could be typified by the kernel line used in grub.conf like this
4 > one:
5 >
6 > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb3 vga=0x31A video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap
7
8 I should have included this information:
9
10 Kernel is v. 3.8.13, and it is a gentoo install as guest on a windows7
11 64bit, using vbox=4.2.16 r86992