Re: Help please, geting framebuffer working
Hi, try changing your vga param (not in append, but it has it's own line in lilo.conf to 'vga=794' instead of 'vga=normal' Cameron Matheson On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 15:34, Stan Brown wrote: On Wed Dec 12 00:20:27 2001 dman wrote... | Adding video=vesa made lilo fail to run, I also tried it in an | append statment, still no framebuffer. For lilo both vga= and video= should be in append. I've also read for older versions of lilo that it didn't handle hex numbers correctly so you would need to translate that vga= into decimal for it. OK, so I added: append=video-vesa vga=0x31a Re-ran lilom and rebooted, still nof cute little Penguin Any more ideas? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] 843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Help please, geting framebuffer working
dman == dman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: dman | NO, joy there either. I assume you mean append=video=vesa vga=794, dman | right? dman Yeah. I copy-n-pasted from above, but didn't look closely at that dman part. dman Have you tried a lower resolution? The whole table of mode numbers is dman given in .../Documentation/fb/vesa.txt.gz. I think you can also use vga=ask, in which case you will get a choice of modes. Brian
Re: Help please, geting framebuffer working
On Thu Dec 13 01:59:04 2001 wrote... dman == dman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: dman | NO, joy there either. I assume you mean append=video=vesa vga=794, dman | right? dman Yeah. I copy-n-pasted from above, but didn't look closely at that dman part. dman Have you tried a lower resolution? The whole table of mode numbers is dman given in .../Documentation/fb/vesa.txt.gz. I think you can also use vga=ask, in which case you will get a choice of modes. Well, I tried that (along with about a hundred other coombinations), and it allowed me to choose a higher resolutin, but did not get the vesa frambufffer working. This is getting to be _very) frustrtating. I've been trying to get frambuffer working corectly for about 3 days now :-( -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Re: Help please, geting framebuffer working
On approximately Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 06:46:19PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: I've just installed wood on a machine with an ATI Radeon LE video card. The I built a new kernel (2.4.16) using kernel-package. First I tried enabling the framebuffer Radeon support in the kernel, but the results were not so good. The first console gets messed up during the boot up messages, and winds up unuasble to log in on (lookes like it might get left in raw tty mode). Then if I run fbi, the colors of the displayed images are all wrong. I have vga=792 set in lilo.conf, not in the append section! Then in the append section you need something like this: for vesa : append=video=vesa:mtrr:pmipal:pro:ywrap or for radeon : append=video=radeonfb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I use rivafb with the above line, but from looking at the source it uses modedb also. There is also Documentation in the kernel source that tells you how to do all of this. 8) Josh -- Linux, the choice| You know how to win a victory, Hannibal, of a GNU generation -o)| but not how to use it. -- Maharbal Kernel 2.4.17-pre6 /\| on a i586 _\_v | |
Re: Help please, geting framebuffer working
On Wed Dec 12 00:20:27 2001 dman wrote... | Adding video=vesa made lilo fail to run, I also tried it in an | append statment, still no framebuffer. For lilo both vga= and video= should be in append. I've also read for older versions of lilo that it didn't handle hex numbers correctly so you would need to translate that vga= into decimal for it. OK, so I added: append=video-vesa vga=0x31a Re-ran lilom and rebooted, still nof cute little Penguin Any more ideas? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Re: Help please, geting framebuffer working
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 05:34:11PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: | On Wed Dec 12 00:20:27 2001 dman wrote... | | | Adding video=vesa made lilo fail to run, I also tried it in an | | append statment, still no framebuffer. | | For lilo both vga= and video= should be in append. I've also read | for older versions of lilo that it didn't handle hex numbers correctly | so you would need to translate that vga= into decimal for it. | | OK, so I added: | append=video-vesa vga=0x31a | | Re-ran lilom and rebooted, still nof cute little Penguin | | Any more ideas? How about append=video-vesa vga=794 ? How about trying a lower resolution (I tried 1600x1200 once, and got nothing because (I think) the vid. card can't get that high). -D -- Microsoft: Windows NT 4.0 now has the same user-interface as Windows 95 Windows 95: Press CTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot Windows NT 4.0: Press CTRL-ALT-DEL to login
Re: Help please, geting framebuffer working
On Wed Dec 12 22:39:50 2001 dman wrote... On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 05:34:11PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: | On Wed Dec 12 00:20:27 2001 dman wrote... | | | Adding video=vesa made lilo fail to run, I also tried it in an | | append statment, still no framebuffer. | | For lilo both vga= and video= should be in append. I've also read | for older versions of lilo that it didn't handle hex numbers correctly | so you would need to translate that vga= into decimal for it. | | OK, so I added: | append=video-vesa vga=0x31a | | Re-ran lilom and rebooted, still nof cute little Penguin | | Any more ideas? How about append=video-vesa vga=794 NO, joy there either. I assume you mean append=video=vesa vga=794, right? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Re: Help please, geting framebuffer working
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 11:10:42PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: | On Wed Dec 12 22:39:50 2001 dman wrote... | On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 05:34:11PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: | | On Wed Dec 12 00:20:27 2001 dman wrote... | | | | For lilo both vga= and video= should be in append. I've also read | | for older versions of lilo that it didn't handle hex numbers correctly | | so you would need to translate that vga= into decimal for it. | | | | OK, so I added: | | append=video-vesa vga=0x31a | | | | Re-ran lilom and rebooted, still nof cute little Penguin | | | | Any more ideas? | | How about | | append=video-vesa vga=794 | | | NO, joy there either. I assume you mean append=video=vesa vga=794, | right? Yeah. I copy-n-pasted from above, but didn't look closely at that part. Have you tried a lower resolution? The whole table of mode numbers is given in .../Documentation/fb/vesa.txt.gz. -D -- Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
Help please, geting framebuffer working
I've just installed wood on a machine with an ATI Radeon LE video card. The I built a new kernel (2.4.16) using kernel-package. First I tried enabling the framebuffer Radeon support in the kernel, but the results were not so good. The first console gets messed up during the boot up messages, and winds up unuasble to log in on (lookes like it might get left in raw tty mode). Then if I run fbi, the colors of the displayed images are all wrong. Soem kind soul on this list advised me the thet the ATI Radeon framebuffer support is very imature, so I decided to try the VEAS framebuffer mode. I enabled it in the kernel, and rebooted, but I did not get a frambuffer, juts plain old console. I've read the framebuffer HOWTO, but it seems a bit too old to help me. What am I doing wrong? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Re: Help please, geting framebuffer working
On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 06:46:19PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: | I've just installed wood on a machine with an ATI Radeon LE video card. The | I built a new kernel (2.4.16) using kernel-package. | | First I tried enabling the framebuffer Radeon support in the kernel, but | the results were not so good. The first console gets messed up during the | boot up messages, and winds up unuasble to log in on (lookes like it might | get left in raw tty mode). Then if I run fbi, the colors of the displayed | images are all wrong. | | Soem kind soul on this list advised me the thet the ATI Radeon framebuffer | support is very imature, so I decided to try the VESA framebuffer mode. I tried the 'atyfb' driver with an ATI Rage P/M Mobility, but didn't get anything. | I enabled it in the kernel, and rebooted, but I did not get a frambuffer, | juts plain old console. | | I've read the framebuffer HOWTO, but it seems a bit too old to help me. It's not too old, mainly. | What am I doing wrong? # grep ^kernel /boot/grub/menu.list kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.16-custom.1 root=/dev/hda4 read-only video=vesa vga=0x31A notice the 'vga' argument (and the 'video' argument, but I don't think it is necessary for VESA). Some of the modes are : Video modes : 640 x 480 x 16 = 0x311 800 x 600 x 16 = 0x314 1024 x 768 x 16 = 0x317 1280 x 960 x 16 = 0x??? 1280 x 1024 x 16 = 0x31A 1600 x 1200 x 16 = 0x31E 800 x 600 x 24 = 0x315 1024 x 768 x 24 = 0x318 1280 x 1024 x 24 = 0x31B HTH, -D -- How to shoot yourself in the foot with Java: You find that Microsoft and Sun have released imcompatible class libraries both implementing Gun objects. You then find that although there are plenty of feet objects implemented in the past in many other languages, you cannot get access to one. But seeing as Java is so cool, you dont care and go around shooting anything else you can find. (written by Mark Hammond)
Re: Help please, geting framebuffer working
On Tue Dec 11 19:41:19 2001 dman wrote... On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 06:46:19PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: | I've just installed wood on a machine with an ATI Radeon LE video card. The | I built a new kernel (2.4.16) using kernel-package. | | First I tried enabling the framebuffer Radeon support in the kernel, but | the results were not so good. The first console gets messed up during the | boot up messages, and winds up unuasble to log in on (lookes like it might | get left in raw tty mode). Then if I run fbi, the colors of the displayed | images are all wrong. | | Soem kind soul on this list advised me the thet the ATI Radeon framebuffer | support is very imature, so I decided to try the VESA framebuffer mode. I tried the 'atyfb' driver with an ATI Rage P/M Mobility, but didn't get anything. | I enabled it in the kernel, and rebooted, but I did not get a frambuffer, | juts plain old console. | | I've read the framebuffer HOWTO, but it seems a bit too old to help me. It's not too old, mainly. | What am I doing wrong? # grep ^kernel /boot/grub/menu.list kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.16-custom.1 root=/dev/hda4 read-only video=vesa vga=0x31A If I do vag=ask in lilo.conf, than it does stop and prompt me for a resolutin, however, I still don;t get framebuffer. Adding video=vesa made lilo fail to run, I also tried it in an append statment, still no framebuffer. Is it possible that my Radeon cards aren't VESA 2.0 compliant? If so, can anyone point me to a place to talk to the Radeon frambuffer developers? I've got 6 of these cards, and i don't want to have to buy 6 more cards :-( -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Re: Help please, geting framebuffer working
On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 11:58:05PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: | On Tue Dec 11 19:41:19 2001 dman wrote... | On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 06:46:19PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: ... | | I enabled it in the kernel, and rebooted, but I did not get a frambuffer, | | juts plain old console. | | | | I've read the framebuffer HOWTO, but it seems a bit too old to help me. | | It's not too old, mainly. | | | What am I doing wrong? | | # grep ^kernel /boot/grub/menu.list | kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.16-custom.1 root=/dev/hda4 read-only video=vesa vga=0x31A | | If I do vag=ask in lilo.conf, than it does stop and prompt me for a | resolutin, however, I still don;t get framebuffer. Right. If you check the docs (/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-version/Documentation/fb/vesa.txt.gz) you'll see that the ask only shows VGA modes (text console) in the list. You need to choose a number not in the list (like 0x31A) to get the framebuffer. | Adding video=vesa made lilo fail to run, I also tried it in an | append statment, still no framebuffer. For lilo both vga= and video= should be in append. I've also read for older versions of lilo that it didn't handle hex numbers correctly so you would need to translate that vga= into decimal for it. | Is it possible that my Radeon cards aren't VESA 2.0 compliant? Anything is possible, but I would expect every current card to be compliant. -D -- If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. James 1:5-6
