From: | Corbin Bird <corbinbird@×××××××.net> | ||
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To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] New install .. no high res console during boot. | ||
Date: | Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:24:37 | ||
Message-Id: | af97b077-e1b7-3d6a-2baa-ec1d4e74ad8a@charter.net | ||
In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] New install .. no high res console during boot. by Harry Putnam |
1 | On 01/31/2018 07:38 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: |
2 | > Setup: |
3 | > Installing gentoo-17 as guest in Vbox vm on solaris-11 HOST |
4 | > (openindiana (powered by Illumos)) |
5 | > |
6 | > VBox 5.6.2 |
7 | > Kernel-4.15.0 |
8 | > grub2 |
9 | > |
10 | > I'm a litte confused about how to enable a high res framebuffer |
11 | > console. |
12 | > |
13 | > At gentoo pages: |
14 | > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Xorg/Guide#Kernel_modesetting |
15 | > |
16 | > I've followed the directions there as far as I could. |
17 | > |
18 | > lspci on a chroot does not show a driver for the: |
19 | > Innotek Systemberatung Gmbh VirtualBox Graphics Adapter. |
20 | > |
21 | > And I find nothing about Innotek searching with '/' in menuconfig. |
22 | > So could not make any specific settings like those shows on the gentoo |
23 | > wiki pages for nVidia and AND/ATI |
24 | > |
25 | > Other pages such as https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Fbsplash seem to |
26 | > indicate I would need to create an initramfs. |
27 | > |
28 | > The first page cited near the top of post .. tells you NOT to set some |
29 | > of the things the citation containing fbsplash (above) tell you to set. |
30 | > |
31 | > Such as <*> Userspace VESA VGA |
32 | > [*] Vesa VGA |
33 | > |
34 | > Is something outdate in one of those pages? |
35 | > |
36 | > Can someone using the kernel framebuffer explain how to do it on |
37 | > gentoo guest of vm? |
38 | > |
39 | > |
40 | > |
41 | . |
42 | Searched for that "device" and found a few interesting links: |
43 | > https://askubuntu.com/questions/435940/do-i-need-linux-drivers-for-virtual-box |
44 | > https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html |
45 | . |
46 | If Linux has no access to the actual hardware ... the old "VGA=" hex |
47 | codes might work : |
48 | > https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/lilo-vga-modes-152575/ |
49 | I have never tried the codes on "Userspace VESA VGA". |
50 | Might want to leave that out for a test run. |
51 | |
52 | . |
53 | Corbin |