Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-05 Thread Nick
On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 07:58:45PM -0700, maxim wexler wrote:
 Geert Uytterhoeven, who's listed as the author at the
 end of man fbset, pointed out that since I only have
 one video card, I only need one framebuffer, whereas I
 had two: ATI and VESA. So I reconfig'd w/o VESA and
 removed the video=vesafb... from the kernel line in
 grub.conf.
 
 Then I put fbset -a 1024x768-76 in local.start and
 rebooted. The framebuffer opens up beautifully.

Excellent :) Always helps to ask someone who known what they're
talking about

 I think I should put it in /etc/inittab but where?
 Does it matter? Or maybe it should be
 video=aty128fb...on the kernel line. Still some
 tweaking to do. But I think most of the heavy lifting
 is over.

I would have thought video=aty128fb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in grub.conf should
do it. Have a look at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/aty128fb.txt
for a few other options.

I wouldn't mess around with inittab if you can possibly help it.

Glad to hear it's mostly working,

-Nick

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-05 Thread maxim wexler
 I would have thought video=aty128fb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in
 grub.conf should

Yep, that did it. For *all* the consoles

 Glad to hear it's mostly working,
 
 -Nick
 

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-05 Thread Dan Farrell
On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 07:25:48 -0700 (PDT)
maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  I would have thought video=aty128fb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in
  grub.conf should
 
 Yep, that did it. For *all* the consoles
 

After all this time, the problem was just having two different
frambuffer drivers in there at once?  I guess they were tripping over
each other.  
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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-04 Thread Nick
 Here it is in chroot:
 
 mode 1024x768-76
 # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz
 geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16
 timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4
 rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0
 endmode
 
 /etc/fb.modes:5: syntax error
 

Remove the rgba line from fb.modes, and it should work OK. I don't
think it's necessary, and mine works without it.

Good luck,

-Nick

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-04 Thread maxim wexler

--- Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Here it is in chroot:
  
  mode 1024x768-76
  # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz
  geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16
  timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4
  rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0
  endmode
  
  /etc/fb.modes:5: syntax error
  
 
 Remove the rgba line from fb.modes, and it should
 work OK. I don't
 think it's necessary, and mine works without it.

Nope. PC still boots with lame framebuffer.

Now it's:

#fbset -s /dev/fb0
Unknown video mode '/dev/fb0'

But, #fbset -s -fb /dev/fb0

mode 640x480-60
# D: 25.171 MHz, H: 31.463 kHz, V: 59.930 Hz
geometry 640 480 640 480 8
timings 39729 48 16 33 10 96 2
rgba 8/0,8/0,8/0,0/0
endmode

Line 5 has been replaced

#fbset -s /dev/fb1
Unknown video mode '/dev/fb1'

And for #fbset -s -fb /dev/fb1

mode 1280x1024-60
# D: 108.944 MHz, H: 63.599 kHz, V: 59.999 Hz
geometry 1280 1024 1280 1024 32
timings 9179 217 79 32 1 137 3
vsync high
rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0
endmode

Line 5 is baack! I don't think fbset even looks at
/etc/fb.modes, least not with the -fb option.

FWIW:
 
$cat /proc/fb
0 ATY Rage 128
1 VESA VGA

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-04 Thread Nick
On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 08:21:19AM -0700, maxim wexler wrote:
 
 --- Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
   Here it is in chroot:
   
   mode 1024x768-76
   # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz
   geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16
   timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4
   rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0
   endmode
   
   /etc/fb.modes:5: syntax error
   
 
 Nope. PC still boots with lame framebuffer.
 

Did you try just running fbset -a 1024x768-76 on the command
line, after bootup? If this works (and it just doesn't set itself
correctly when booting) you could add this command to
/etc/conf.d/local.start

This is how I do it on my machine.

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-04 Thread maxim wexler

 Did you try just running fbset -a 1024x768-76 on
 the command
 line, after bootup? If this works (and it just

Well, well, well. I've tried this command before
--shoulda mentioned it. What happened was that the
screen would try to change itself but drop back into
default(?) mode with a lot of staticky looking stuff
all over the screen.

But, this time, boom! Now everything is scrunched into
the upper left hand corner of the screen. I've maxed
out the settings in the screen control panel on the
monitor itself and managed to move the text to a band
down the center of the screen with margins of about
two inches. Now instead of no  margins, they're too
big.

I tried adjusting the command but whatever I enter it
replies; Unknown video mode '800x600-60'
for example. or Unknown video mode '1024x768-60'.

But the display is otherwise just like with the boot
CD.

And the bare fbset command reveals the new mode.

Another thing: doesn't the -a switch set (a)ll the
consoles? Not in this instance.

Now for my finale, hot off the hard drive there is:

localhost ~ # fbset -fb /dev/fb0

mode 1024x768-76
# D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz
geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16
timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4
accel true
rgba 5/10,5/5,5/0,0/0
endmode

localhost ~ # fbset -fb /dev/fb1

mode 1280x1024-60
# D: 108.944 MHz, H: 63.599 kHz, V: 59.999 Hz
geometry 1280 1024 1280 1024 32
timings 9179 217 79 32 1 137 3
vsync high
rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0
endmode

If I try using the last mode the screen goes blank for
about a solid minute then reverts back to the first.

What's even more confusing is that in the .config I
have 

CONFIG_FB_VESA_DEFAULT_MODE=[EMAIL PROTECTED].

Why doesn't it try that since now my command line has
just video=vesafb with *no* parameters at all? And
no complaints in dmesg.

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-04 Thread Nick
 But, this time, boom! Now everything is scrunched into
 the upper left hand corner of the screen. I've maxed
 out the settings in the screen control panel on the
 monitor itself and managed to move the text to a band
 down the center of the screen with margins of about
 two inches. Now instead of no  margins, they're too
 big.

 ...

 mode 1024x768-76
 # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz
 geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16
 timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4
 accel true
 rgba 5/10,5/5,5/0,0/0
 endmode
 
Okay, this is somewhat of a guess, but perhaps some of the timings
are incorrect, as this controls margins (see fbset manpage).

First it may be wise to change the first timing setting (pixclock)
to 0 (at least for now), as this'll auto-select that setting.

For the others, perhaps you could experiment with the settings
individually, using fbset, to get an idea of whether they may have a
part to play in this most odd problem. Something like fbset -left
100.

 Another thing: doesn't the -a switch set (a)ll the
 consoles? Not in this instance.

Yes, it should, and does for me...
 
 What's even more confusing is that in the .config I
 have 
 
 CONFIG_FB_VESA_DEFAULT_MODE=[EMAIL PROTECTED].
 
 Why doesn't it try that since now my command line has
 just video=vesafb with *no* parameters at all? And
 no complaints in dmesg.

As far as I can see it should... Hmm...

Sorry I can't be more help.

Good luck

-Nick

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-04 Thread maxim wexler
 Sorry I can't be more help.
 

Geert Uytterhoeven, who's listed as the author at the
end of man fbset, pointed out that since I only have
one video card, I only need one framebuffer, whereas I
had two: ATI and VESA. So I reconfig'd w/o VESA and
removed the video=vesafb... from the kernel line in
grub.conf.

Then I put fbset -a 1024x768-76 in local.start and
rebooted. The framebuffer opens up beautifully.
Without the scrunch or big margins but still only in
the one console and it doesn't switch until the boot
process gets to the .start file. Rather have a
continuous high-res o/p from the start like with the
bootCD.

I think I should put it in /etc/inittab but where?
Does it matter? Or maybe it should be
video=aty128fb...on the kernel line. Still some
tweaking to do. But I think most of the heavy lifting
is over.

Thanks Dale.

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-03 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 20:19:12 -0700 (PDT)
maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  also, gentoo has a doc:
 
 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=10
 
 That gives the best explanation. Now dmesg | grep -i
 vesa concludes with:
 ...
 vesafb: framebuffer at 0xf000, mapped  to
 0xd190, using 10240k,total 16384k
 fb1: VESA VGA frame buffer device.
Thke vesafb driver is built into the kernel, right?  You need it right
away when booting.  No sense in fiddling around with initrd's, just put
it in the kernel.  
 But, the screen looks the same. I started out with
 1024x768 then changed to 1280x1024 but certain web
 pages still do not fit the screen. For example, a 
 trip to the above handbook address using elinks is an
 exercise in frustration. As you scroll down using the
 down arrow the page jumps from side to side making it
 very difficult to follow.
That does sound frustrating.  Let me provide some qotes:
|
|video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|
I still think your boot line isn't quite right.  May I see the updated
version from /proc/cmdline ?

 If I manually enter the kernel line at the prompt w/o
 mentioning the framebuffer at all one is installed
 anyway which is just like all the others :(

Yes, that's why I think the boot command line isn't quite right.  The
kernel loads the driver eventually, if it's not specified the settings
at boot, just like all other drivers get loaded, and if they find
hardware to support, generally say something on the console.  By the
time vesafb loads on your system, it's already initialized the console
and it's too late to give it the resolution you want.  




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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-03 Thread maxim wexler
 Thke vesafb driver is built into the kernel, right? 

Right.

 I see the updated
 version from /proc/cmdline ?
 
root=/dev/hda3
video=vesafb:mtrr3,ywrap,[EMAIL PROTECTED]

^^
 have change these back and forth
 using different freqs, res's
   
 color depths -- makes no
difference

And see the results of vbeprobe in a fresh post.

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-03 Thread maxim wexler
 have you tried with just '1280x1024' ?

No help

slaps his forhead Of course, when the LiveCD boots
the framebuffer comes up in a usable configuration. So
I boot the CD and chroot.

In chroot #fbset -s is completely different than in
regular  mode.

Here's #fbset -s after the PC boots as usual:

mode 640x480-60
# D: 25.171 MHz, H: 31.463 kHz, V: 59.930 Hz
geometry 640 480 640 480 8
timings 39729 48 16 33 10 96 2
rgba 8/0,8/0,8/0,0/0
endmode

Which is quite useless to me.

Here it is in chroot:

mode 1024x768-76
# D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz
geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16
timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4
rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0
endmode

More like it!

Now if only I can get non-chroot to accept the chroot
modes. So I copied the better mode to the
/etc/fb.modes. But when I give it #fbset
1024x768-76(or anything else) it answers:

/etc/fb.modes:5: syntax error

But line 5(if that's what the '5' refers to) has the
same format in both versions. Neither of which were
touched by human hands. 

Anyways I know there's nothing wrong with the card or
monitor. The BIOS? Doesn't seem to hamper the CD.

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-02 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 13:53:36 -0700 (PDT)
maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi group.
 
 For a 2.6.19 kernel w/ATI Rage128 card on a non-X box.
 I've been experimenting with the framebuffer and
 following the 
 
 http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash
 
 I'd like at the least for the entire page to appear in
 elinks at once without having to scroll from side to
 side to read something
 
 Under graphics support I chose *vesa-tng and default
 mode [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just guessing. FWIW using a
 Mag-Innovision monitor XJ500T c 1996. Don't have a
 clue of it's Hsync or Vsync specs.
 
 I did emerge bootsplash but haven't config'd it yet.
 
 According to a posting on this group I added 
 
 video=vesafs:1024x768-72:ywrap:mtrr 
 
 to the kernel line in grub.conf, installed the
 bootloader and booted. 
 
 This is what
 
 $dmesg|grep -i vesa
 
 reveals:
 
 Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda3
 video=vesafb:1024x768-72:ywrap:mtrr

For me, 
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/cmdline 
| root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x031b

See the comma?  Also, you don't need to use vga, but are you sure you
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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-02 Thread maxim wexler
 For me, 
 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/cmdline 
 | root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x031b
 

This doesn't work. Get dumped to a screen with the
error message:

'You passed an undefined node number'

Then a request to pick 0-9 modes or use 'scan'

Choosing Scan freezes the console for about 15 secs
after which default(?) framebuffer boots.

Picking modes 7-9 leads to Unknown mode, invalid ID.

Picking modes 0-6 leads to the same default(?)
framebuffer.

 See the comma?  Also, you don't need to use vga, but
 are you sure you
 don't want an '@' where you have a '-' ?  

This was the model I followed in the posting

http://groups.google.ca/group/linux.gentoo.user/browse_thread/thread/114f64c0165ab4f3/2007d4aca55bd086?lnk=stq=framebuffer+1024x768-60+fishrnum=1hl=en#2007d4aca55bd086

BTW, some googling revealed that that my monitor has
the following specs:

EISA ID:0, Horiz Khz: 30.0-70.0; Vert Hz: 50.0-120.0

Any idea how and where to incorporate this info?

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-02 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:01:07 -0700 (PDT)
maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  For me, 
  | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/cmdline 
  | root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x031b
  
 
 This doesn't work. Get dumped to a screen with the
 error message:
 
 'You passed an undefined node number'
 
 Then a request to pick 0-9 modes or use 'scan'
 
 Choosing Scan freezes the console for about 15 secs
 after which default(?) framebuffer boots.
 
 Picking modes 7-9 leads to Unknown mode, invalid ID.
 
 Picking modes 0-6 leads to the same default(?)
 framebuffer.
 
  See the comma?  Also, you don't need to use vga, but
  are you sure you
  don't want an '@' where you have a '-' ?  
 
 This was the model I followed in the posting
 
 http://groups.google.ca/group/linux.gentoo.user/browse_thread/thread/114f64c0165ab4f3/2007d4aca55bd086?lnk=stq=framebuffer+1024x768-60+fishrnum=1hl=en#2007d4aca55bd086
 
 BTW, some googling revealed that that my monitor has
 the following specs:
 
 EISA ID:0, Horiz Khz: 30.0-70.0; Vert Hz: 50.0-120.0
 
 Any idea how and where to incorporate this info?
 
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That link made it a little clearer; the vesafb driver is being used by
me because to it has been added x86_64 support.  Vesafb_tng doesn't
work on 64-bit -- but if you're 32bit ,that's what you should be
using.  But have you tried commas rather than colons?  and with an @
symbol?  That's how http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/vesafb-tng/, 
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_gensplash#Required_Kernel_Options, and
more list it.  the dash goes before depth, not refresh.  

also, gentoo has a doc:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=10

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-02 Thread maxim wexler
 also, gentoo has a doc:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=10

That gives the best explanation. Now dmesg | grep -i
vesa concludes with:
...
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xf000, mapped  to
0xd190, using 10240k,total 16384k
fb1: VESA VGA frame buffer device.

But, the screen looks the same. I started out with
1024x768 then changed to 1280x1024 but certain web
pages still do not fit the screen. For example, a 
trip to the above handbook address using elinks is an
exercise in frustration. As you scroll down using the
down arrow the page jumps from side to side making it
very difficult to follow.

FWIW if I drop to the grub prompt and use
grubvbeprobe I get 'vbeprobe 0xff00 is not found
or supported'

If I use grub testvbe 1280 I get
'mode 0x400 not supported'. For 1024, it's 
'0x400 not supported'. For 800, it's '0x300 not
supported'. For 640, '0x200 not supported'.

Which is weird cause the monitor is clearly using
*some kind of mode*. 

If I manually enter the kernel line at the prompt w/o
mentioning the framebuffer at all one is installed
anyway which is just like all the others :(

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2005-06-30 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 11:09 -0500, LostSon wrote:
 Hello 
  I am trying to set my framebuffer so at boot time i get 1024x768 i am
 not using a splash screen just want the terminal at 1024x768, i have
 read the tutorial and compiled in all the components i need but jsut
 cant get it to work my grub.conf looks like this 
 
 title=Gentoo-2.6.11-r11-boot-1024
 root (hd0,0)
 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new3 root=/dev/hda3
 video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

That is all on one line right?

firstly, try a lower resolution, like 800x600-24 just to see.

 title=Gentoo-2.6.11-r11-boot-1024
 root (hd0,0)
 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new3 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr
 vga=0x318

secondly, you cant mix video= and vga=

thirdly, what errors (if any) did you get? don't forget this step - you
might find people don't answer without it!

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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2005-06-30 Thread Roy Wright
Another option is to just compile the framebuffer into the kernel.
That's what I did.

Graphics support:
   [*] Support for frame buffer devices
*   VESA VGA graphics support
VESA driver type (vesafb-tng)  ---
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) VESA default mode

Then my grub is simply:

  timeout 30
  default 0

  title  Gentoo Latest
  root (hd0,0)
  kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3

HTH,
Roy

Iain Buchanan wrote:

On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 11:09 -0500, LostSon wrote:
  

Hello 
 I am trying to set my framebuffer so at boot time i get 1024x768 i am
not using a splash screen just want the terminal at 1024x768, i have
read the tutorial and compiled in all the components i need but jsut
cant get it to work my grub.conf looks like this 

title=Gentoo-2.6.11-r11-boot-1024
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new3 root=/dev/hda3
video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2005-06-30 Thread Daniel da Veiga
I guess Roy's solution would be the best for you since you dont plan
on using any splash screen or graphic candy, it would put your console
to 1024x768 and you wouldn't have to worry about anything. (be careful
if your monitor supports the resolution and specially the refresh
rate).

On 6/30/05, Roy Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Another option is to just compile the framebuffer into the kernel.
 That's what I did.
 
 Graphics support:
[*] Support for frame buffer devices
 *   VESA VGA graphics support
 VESA driver type (vesafb-tng)  ---
 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) VESA default mode
 
 Then my grub is simply:
 
   timeout 30
   default 0
 
   title  Gentoo Latest
   root (hd0,0)
   kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3
 
 HTH,
 Roy
 
 Iain Buchanan wrote:
 
 On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 11:09 -0500, LostSon wrote:
 
 
 Hello
  I am trying to set my framebuffer so at boot time i get 1024x768 i am
 not using a splash screen just want the terminal at 1024x768, i have
 read the tutorial and compiled in all the components i need but jsut
 cant get it to work my grub.conf looks like this
 
 title=Gentoo-2.6.11-r11-boot-1024
 root (hd0,0)
 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new3 root=/dev/hda3
 video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 
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Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2005-06-30 Thread LostSon
 Check that looked over by grub.conf and i had the wrong bzImage in
there sorry to disturb you.

On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 20:42 -0500, LostSon wrote:
  I have done everything you have suggested and still nothing 
 
 On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 21:54 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
  I guess Roy's solution would be the best for you since you dont plan
  on using any splash screen or graphic candy, it would put your console
  to 1024x768 and you wouldn't have to worry about anything. (be careful
  if your monitor supports the resolution and specially the refresh
  rate).
  
  On 6/30/05, Roy Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Another option is to just compile the framebuffer into the kernel.
   That's what I did.
   
   Graphics support:
  [*] Support for frame buffer devices
   *   VESA VGA graphics support
   VESA driver type (vesafb-tng)  ---
   ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) VESA default mode
   
   Then my grub is simply:
   
 timeout 30
 default 0
   
 title  Gentoo Latest
 root (hd0,0)
 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3
   
   HTH,
   Roy
   
   Iain Buchanan wrote:
   
   On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 11:09 -0500, LostSon wrote:
   
   
   Hello
I am trying to set my framebuffer so at boot time i get 1024x768 i am
   not using a splash screen just want the terminal at 1024x768, i have
   read the tutorial and compiled in all the components i need but jsut
   cant get it to work my grub.conf looks like this
   
   title=Gentoo-2.6.11-r11-boot-1024
   root (hd0,0)
   kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new3 root=/dev/hda3
   video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
   
   
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