Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb fails to work

[Matt Edens]

Oops forgot the link to the website.
http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/<http://dev.gentoo.org/%7Espock/projects/uvesafb/>

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Matt Edens <phyrlinux@×××××.com> wrote:

> I have had problems getting this to work also, but was able to get it
> working finally
> after being directed to the authors website and following his
> instructions.  What I
> did was get a 2.6.24 kernel working for me fully with no errors then
> proceded to follow
> spock's instructions to get uvesafb working properly on both my desktop
> and laptop.
> Hope this gives you what you need to get it working.
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Daniel Pielmeier <
> daniel.pielmeier@××××××××××.com> wrote:
>
> > Mick schrieb:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I've just compiled kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 which comes with uvesa and
> > thought
> > > of using it on a box of mine.  However, amidst other weird and
> > wonderful
> > > errors that the new kernel gives me on this box, I have completely
> > failed to
> > > get uvesafb to work.
> > >
> > > When it boots up it comes up with these errors:
> > > =====================================================
> > > * Setting framebuffer console images
> > > Can't open cfg file //etc/splash/emergence/640x480.cfg
> > > No 8bpp silent picture specified in the theme
> > > No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme
> > > * Failed to set background image on tty1
> > > =====================================================
> > >
> > > Meanwhile the penguins and fonts on the boot console are shown in some
> > > impossibly large size.  My kernel line is:
> > >
> > > kernel /kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/sda3 \
> > > video=uvesafb:1280x1024-32@60,ywrap,mtrr:4, \
> > > splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1
> > > initrd /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1280x1024
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> > Just a shot in the dark are you using any kind of tv-out?
> >
> > I had this problem with tv-out. I specified a resolution of 1280x1024.
> > When I connect my tv to my box the maximal resolution possible is
> > 1024x768 because the tv-encoder does not offer higher resolutions. So
> > instead of switching to the next greatest resolution of 1024x768 the
> > uvesafb driver switches to smallest resolution of 640x480. This
> > resolution is not available in the emergence theme thus the splash
> > fails!
> >
> > If you have a problem like this there are existing patches whto the
> > kernel which are fixing this issue!
> >
> > What does "cat /sys/devices/platform/uvesafb.0/vbe_modes" say?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Daniel
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