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From: justin@×××××××××.net
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb problem
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:26:05
Message-Id: e647a0d2fb96acf483650b6723d319a5@mail.j-schmitz.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] uvesafb problem by Chuanwen Wu
1 just use
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3 video=vesafb:1024x768
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5 :) justin
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9 On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:44:39 +0800, "Chuanwen Wu" <wcw8410@×××××.com>
10 wrote:
11 > Hi, guys!
12 >
13 > I want to have higher resolution in console. I used vesa-tng before
14 > and now I have update the kernel to 2.6.23 and I guess I should use
15 > uvesafb instead of vesa-tng.
16 >
17 > I have followed the guide here
18 > http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/, and
19 > Here is the options I have chose in config file about the "FB" thing:
20 >
21 > CONFIG_FB=y
22 > CONFIG_FB_DDC=y
23 > CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y
24 > CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y
25 > CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=y
26 > CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO=y
27 > CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y
28 > CONFIG_FB_UVESA=y
29 > CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
30 > CONFIG_FB_INTEL=y
31 > CONFIG_FB_INTEL_I2C=y
32 >
33 > and in the menu.lst file, I append "video=uvesafb:1024x768" (PS: I
34 > have tried "video=uvesafb:1024x768-32" and some other similar
35 > parameter, too) to the kernel command line.
36 > But after I rebooted, the resolution was still very low, which I
37 > guess was 800x640, and I couldn't see anything changed.
38 >
39 > PS: My machine is Dell 1400 laptop and use x86_64 arch. I use
40 > tuxonice-sources and I have also tried gentoo-source to test the
41 > uvesafb.
42 >
43 > Any help is appreciated!
44 > --
45 > wcw
46 > --
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