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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb fails to work
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:24:30
Message-Id: 200804051822.00385.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb fails to work by Daniel Pielmeier
1 On Wednesday 02 April 2008, Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
2 > Mick schrieb:
3 > > # dmesg | grep uvesafb
4 > > Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda3
5 > > video=uvesafb:1024x768-32@64,ywrap,mtrr:4
6 > > splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1
7 > > uvesafb: ATI Technologies Inc., V380, 01.00, OEM: ATI RV380, VBE v2.0
8 > > uvesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:5884
9 > > uvesafb: pmi: set display start = c00c5918, set palette = c00c5964
10 > > uvesafb: pmi: ports = b010 b016 b054 b038 b03c b05c b000 b004 b0b0 b0b2
11 > > b0b4 uvesafb: no monitor limits have been set, default refresh rate will
12 > > be used uvesafb: VBE state buffer size cannot be determined (eax=0x0,
13 > > err=0) uvesafb: scrolling: ywrap using protected mode interface,
14 > > yres_virtual=1536 uvesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to
15 > > 0xf8880000, using 6144k, total 16384k
16 >
17 > Looks okay, but i don't know much about ATI cards!
18
19 > Can you post the output of
20 > "cat /sys/devices/platform/uvesafb.0/vbe_modes"
21
22 This is what I get, there's no 1280x1024 available:
23 ==========================================
24 320x200-8, 0x0182
25 320x200-15, 0x010d
26 320x200-16, 0x010e
27 320x200-24, 0x010f
28 320x200-32, 0x0120
29 320x240-8, 0x0192
30 320x240-15, 0x0193
31 320x240-16, 0x0194
32 320x240-24, 0x0195
33 320x240-32, 0x0196
34 400x300-8, 0x01a2
35 400x300-15, 0x01a3
36 400x300-16, 0x01a4
37 400x300-24, 0x01a5
38 400x300-32, 0x01a6
39 512x384-8, 0x01b2
40 512x384-15, 0x01b3
41 512x384-16, 0x01b4
42 512x384-24, 0x01b5
43 512x384-32, 0x01b6
44 640x350-8, 0x01c2
45 640x350-15, 0x01c3
46 640x350-16, 0x01c4
47 640x350-24, 0x01c5
48 640x350-32, 0x01c6
49 640x400-8, 0x0100
50 640x400-15, 0x0183
51 640x400-16, 0x0184
52 640x400-24, 0x0185
53 640x400-32, 0x0186
54 640x480-8, 0x0101
55 640x480-15, 0x0110
56 640x480-16, 0x0111
57 640x480-24, 0x0112
58 640x480-32, 0x0121
59 800x600-8, 0x0103
60 800x600-15, 0x0113
61 800x600-16, 0x0114
62 800x600-24, 0x0115
63 800x600-32, 0x0122
64 1024x768-8, 0x0105
65 1024x768-15, 0x0116
66 1024x768-16, 0x0117
67 1024x768-24, 0x0118
68 1024x768-32, 0x0123
69 ==========================================
70
71 > > although the quality of the image is poor (it looks sort of pixelated)
72 >
73 > What do you mean by this? I will attach a grab of a 1024x768 framebuffer
74 > image with the livecd-2007.0 theme, which looks okay here!
75 >
76 > What about trying a higher frequency, i have 75Hz here! Or is your
77 > monitor not capable of this frequency?
78
79 What I mean is that when if fades in it creates artifacts on the screen (is
80 this a matter of uvesafb not having acceleration?). Also the background
81 image when I press F2 is not clear. It looks as if it is a smaller
82 resolution stretched over a larger screen.
83 --
84 Regards,
85 Mick

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