On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 08:04 -0400, Timothy A. Holmes wrote:
> > 
> > Have you read the gentoo-wiki[1] on gensplash?  Note it says:
> > 
> >     "Note that just because your monitor and graphics card support a
> > certain resolution, it doesn't mean that your Video BIOS - and by
> > extension your frame buffer device does."
> > 
> > It goes through some info on non-standard resolutions, but I haven't
> > tried that part of the instructions, as my 1680x1050 is now
> "standard"!
> > 
> > [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash

> Iain - I had missed that - the copy of the wiki article I have was
> printed some time ago, so It may have been added later or (quite
> possibly) I just plain missed it - thanks

so for the record, does that mean you got it to work, or you didn't get
it to work?  Did you try making your own resolution-ed framebuffer
image?
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

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