Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SVGA mode the console

2011-01-04 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de wrote: On 01/03/2011 10:23 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Nikos Chantziarasrea...@arcor.de  wrote: uvesafb will not give you extra resolutions.  It will however allow you to use non-default

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SVGA mode the console

2011-01-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 18:03 on Tuesday 04 January 2011, Paul Hartman did opine thusly: On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de wrote: On 01/03/2011 10:23 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Nikos Chantziarasrea...@arcor.de wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SVGA mode the console

2011-01-03 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de wrote: uvesafb will not give you extra resolutions.  It will however allow you to use non-default refresh-rates which is sometimes useful with CRT monitors. But it has a drawback too: it needs a userspace tool and resolution is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SVGA mode the console

2011-01-02 Thread meino . cramer
Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de [11-01-02 14:12]: On 01/02/2011 01:28 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, there is a small linux distribution (GRML), which I use for rescue and other purposes. I installed it on a USB-stick. Furthermore installed in my PC there is a MSI GT430 (nvidia)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SVGA mode the console

2011-01-02 Thread meino . cramer
Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de [11-01-02 16:12]: On 01/02/2011 03:57 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: unfortunately lrmi fails to compile. In addition to what I wrote in my other reply, make sure you use a 32bit Live CD. vbetest does not work with 64-bit kernels. Btw, if you're on a