Re: [gentoo-user] Minor Startup Issue
C. Beamer wrote: Today, I updated my desktop system and recompiled a new kernel. Afterwards I re-emerged alsa-driver and ati-drivers. The update solved an issue with not being able to turn off or reboot the computer when I selected either from the menu on KDE logout. Hmm... what things did you update? (genlop -l --date yesterday) It seems weird that a KDE issue is solved by emerging other things. Benno -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Minor Startup Issue
Richard Fish wrote: On 12/17/05, C. Beamer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Up until now, when the computer boots and goes through its startup routine, the screen will blip and then the text that is scrolling by on the screen prior to starting the gui interface, reduces in size. Now, the screen still does a slight blip, but the screen font remains the same size as it was prior to the blip. The 'blip' is usually when the framebuffer graphics driver turns on and changes the video mode. Since you are not seeing any difference, either the framebuffer driver is failing, or you are now using just the plain vga driver instead of something more advanced (like vesafb-tng). Take a look at what you have under Device Drivers-Graphics Support, the answer is probably in there. I played with this for the better part of the afternoon. Nothing changed. I *do* have vesafb-tng enabled. This might be way out in left field, but I compared something between my laptop, which works fine loading the framebuffer device running kernel 2.6.14-r4 and my desktop which I upgraded to kernel 2.6.14-r5. Running menuconfig, the following lines show: Device Drivers --- Character Devices --- [*] Virtual terminal [*] Support for console on virtual terminal There are no such lines in running menuconfig on my desktop. The difference *could* be laptop--desktop, but I thought I would ask. Regards, Colleen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Minor Startup Issue
Hi all, You'll probably think this is dumb, but what can I say? I'm a bit anal is some respects! :-) Today, I updated my desktop system and recompiled a new kernel. Afterwards I re-emerged alsa-driver and ati-drivers. The update solved an issue with not being able to turn off or reboot the computer when I selected either from the menu on KDE logout. Everything is working fine once KDE is launched. When I recompiled the kernel, I decided to trim it down some. I use genkernel and mostly have left all the defaults in there except for the pertinent parts for the alsa-driver and ati-drivers as outlined in the associated Gentoo Guides. However, since this is a desktop machine, I figured it was safe to remove stuff associated with laptops, so that's what I did. Anyway, the problem is not that things aren't working. It's that something is happening differently and it's driving me nuts. Up until now, when the computer boots and goes through its startup routine, the screen will blip and then the text that is scrolling by on the screen prior to starting the gui interface, reduces in size. Now, the screen still does a slight blip, but the screen font remains the same size as it was prior to the blip. I have no idea how to fix this behaviour. If someone knows and can provide direction, I would appreciate it. Regards, Colleen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Minor Startup Issue
On 12/17/05, C. Beamer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Up until now, when the computer boots and goes through its startup routine, the screen will blip and then the text that is scrolling by on the screen prior to starting the gui interface, reduces in size. Now, the screen still does a slight blip, but the screen font remains the same size as it was prior to the blip. The 'blip' is usually when the framebuffer graphics driver turns on and changes the video mode. Since you are not seeing any difference, either the framebuffer driver is failing, or you are now using just the plain vga driver instead of something more advanced (like vesafb-tng). Take a look at what you have under Device Drivers-Graphics Support, the answer is probably in there. Note that later in startup it is possible for the font size to change, without a 'blip', when the consolefont service runs. This is configured by /etc/conf.d/consolefont. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
