Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 13:06:28 -0600 (CST) From: john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] irda and setting console resolution
On Sun, 28 Mar 2004, Tory wrote: > Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 09:56:45 -0700 > From: "Tory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] irda and setting console resolution > > > > Also I am having a little trouble setting up the bash console to the > > 800x480 screen resolution of the 110CT. I am using the vesa driver in > both > > xWindows and Bash but the screen won't set up in 800x480 just 800x600 > in > > Bash. In xWindows it works though. I have set up the same modeline in > the > > Bash console configuration file and the xWindows configuration file. > Does > > anyone know what the proper setup is for the video screen in the Bash > > console? TIA > > > > john > > > > The neofb framebuffer driver is what I'm using to get a full screen > console on my 110ct. Catch is, it isn't until a very new version of the > driver - 0.4 - that they specially support the libretto, so it'll depend > on your kernel. I spent a couple of hours googling around and found a > link to a patch for the 2.4.20 kernel (off the kernel mailing list, I > think). Patched my kernel, painstakingly recompiled (is it supposed to > take ~16hrs or so to compile a 2.4 linux kernel on a 64mb 110ct?), and > it works great. You specifically need to load the driver with a > -libretto switch. > > Email me off list if you want a copy of the patch. > > Tory > thanks tory do you know why the driver doesn't default to a 800x480 screen? wouldn't its scan of the neomagic chip show the resolution of the monitor? john > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
