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From: "Sebastian Günther" <samson@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:34:10
Message-Id: 20090420193402.GA5736@marvin.heimnetz.local
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub by Valmor de Almeida
1 * Valmor de Almeida (val.gentoo@×××××.com) [20.04.09 20:48]:
2 >
3 > Hello,
4 >
5 > I've been trying the following grub.conf boot
6 >
7 > kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 video=intelfb,mode=1280x768-32@60
8 >
9 > but no luck (that is I get the 80x25 console). The only working format
10 > appears to be
11 >
12 > kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 vga=xxx
13 >
14 > where xxx does not accommodate the mode above. In fact nothing will work
15 > unless I use vga="something"; and that appears to be sufficient.
16 >
17 > Am I using the incorrect video=... syntax?
18 >
19 > Below follows relevant lines from /var/log/messages
20 >
21 > Thanks,
22 >
23 >
24 > Apr 20 14:27:54 dcpl-lpt1 [ 0.174157] intelfb: Changing the video
25 > mode is not supported.
26
27 This is the hint: intelfb can't change the video mode. But intelfb can
28 be used if you /also/ add a vga to the kernel command line. I will post
29 mine as an example:
30
31 kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/mapper/system-slash \
32 ro resume=swap:/dev/mapper/system-swap vga=0x318 quiet \
33 video=intelfb:1024x768-32@60,mttr,noaccel,hwcursor,vram=4 \
34 splash=silent,theme:natural_gentoo console=tty1
35
36 Sebastian
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Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub Tom <uebershark@××××××××××.com>