Re: [gentoo-user] X11 + framebuffer - does it work?
On Saturday 15 April 2006 07:55 pm, Richard Fish wrote: On 4/15/06, Rohit and Bhavana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Is there anyone on the list who has the following configured on their workstations? * bootsplash giving them a nice picture at the startup [ in runlevel boot] I do that on my laptop. IBM X40 Type 2386-1CU with some weird Intel Extreme Graphics II chip I've never previously heard of and honestly don't want to see again (it really sucks - the X40's wonderfully light though, I'd reccommend it any day! Works perfectly with Linux, too!) * bootsplash giving them a nice picture later [ in runlevel default] You mean like the livecd-2006.0 theme? Where it has pretty framebuffer graphics and puts console at 1024x768 (a must-have, IMHO) but then has a picturized boot process? Yeah, I do that. Then by whacking F2 I can go back to the verbose process but still with the pretty graphics. The info you need is in http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash (as reccommended to me by Bo Andresen). * Then X11 starting on their nvidia card configured with xf86 or xorg with X working in default runlevel On my server I'm working to get spash working with an nVidia card. The problems aren't from the nVidia card, however, but rather from Genkernel, which I find totally inferior to make in every way (why do I need to recompile the whole kernel every time? I know, I've been spoiled by only compiling what's changed). * Switching back to consol with control-alt-F[n] and being able to work without locking up your box - and without framebuffer corruption. Never had a problem here. When I kill X11 and KDM for a console login, it goes back to the beautified console, but sacrificing no functionality that I know of. I have all of this working on my Dell e1705 laptop. Significant details: 2.6.15-suspend2-r8 [ebuild R ] media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.8756 0 kB [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.2-r3 USE=dri -debug -ipv6 -minimal -xprint 0 kB Also I use the vesafb-tng framebuffer driver. If yes, then if you know anyone has everything working, I would be obliged to note the version numbers etc and any pointers. - not being clear about difference between gensplash and bootsplash [they seem to serve the same purpose] which one should I use on my system. Should I emerge one, or both or one of them and themes for both? I used splashutils with great success. I can't comment about any others though - I've never tried them. I would suggest not dealing with bootsplash issues at this point, and work on getting a stable framebuffer working. Once you have that, the bootsplash side of things is pretty straight-forward. I'd reccommend that Wiki. I walked through it and came out alive, and with linux looking artful enough to shut up all the Windoze zealots that I am burdened to come into contact with. pgpmSVn1TPJfs.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] X11 + framebuffer - does it work?
Richard Fish wrote: I would suggest not dealing with bootsplash issues at this point, and work on getting a stable framebuffer working. Once you have that, the bootsplash side of things is pretty straight-forward. Thank, Richard - I shall follow you advice. You chose the following I presume? - kernel sources [gentoo-sources] - in kernel config [chose framebuffer-tng] - X11 served by Xorg Any tips for me to ensure that my consoles are not corrupted once X starts and I want command line ob consoles. I think that is what you meant by stable-framebuffer, didn't you? Please bear with me in case this has been answered before. Apologies in that case - and I would really appreciate any pointers. Thank you so much Rohit -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] X11 + framebuffer - does it work?
On 4/15/06, Rohit Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank, Richard - I shall follow you advice. You chose the following I presume? - kernel sources [gentoo-sources] I'm using suspend2-sources (notice the 'suspend2' in my kernel version), but gentoo-sources should work also. Everything else is ok. Any tips for me to ensure that my consoles are not corrupted once X starts and I want command line ob consoles. I think that is what you meant by stable-framebuffer, didn't you? Not really...it should just work. If it doesn't, I guess you could experiment with different resolutions for the console. Remember that you can choose the console resolution by changing the video= option passed to the kernel at boot time (e.g. video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED]), or with the fbres command (part of splashutils). -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] X11 + framebuffer - does it work?
On 4/15/06, Rohit and Bhavana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Is there anyone on the list who has the following configured on their workstations? * bootsplash giving them a nice picture at the startup [ in runlevel boot] * bootsplash giving them a nice picture later [ in runlevel default] * Then X11 starting on their nvidia card configured with xf86 or xorg with X working in default runlevel * Switching back to consol with control-alt-F[n] and being able to work without locking up your box - and without framebuffer corruption. I have all of this working on my Dell e1705 laptop. Significant details: 2.6.15-suspend2-r8 [ebuild R ] media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.8756 0 kB [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.2-r3 USE=dri -debug -ipv6 -minimal -xprint 0 kB Also I use the vesafb-tng framebuffer driver. If yes, then if you know anyone has everything working, I would be obliged to note the version numbers etc and any pointers. - not being clear about difference between gensplash and bootsplash [they seem to serve the same purpose] which one should I use on my system. Should I emerge one, or both or one of them and themes for both? I would suggest not dealing with bootsplash issues at this point, and work on getting a stable framebuffer working. Once you have that, the bootsplash side of things is pretty straight-forward. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
