On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 01:08:34PM -0400, LM wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:00 PM, William wrote: > >. First, no Penguins! > > I have an ATI video card as well. I did a lot of trying to look up > information on framebuffer, KMS, etc. From my understanding, you > don't see penguins if you're in framebuffer mode.
Sorry, that could mislead. Penguins are optional for framebuffer users (and not available if you don't use a framebuffer), and they appear (if selected, and once the required firmware has loaded) just after the screen changes from 80x25 to whatever your monitor permits. > When Kernel Mode > Setting (KMS) is active (in Grub or Lilo), KMS is nothing to do with the bootloader, nor with the commandline arguments - unless I'm missing something ? > it sets up the resolution > so you don't see flashes (or resolution changes) when switching > between say console/terminal mode and a GUI. Yes. And if your kernel oopses while you are in X you might see the end of the trace - I did once, but mostly I still just get a locked X :-P > You also typically have > a horrible looking high resolution default screen (with very small > font) if you don't log directly into X and want to work directly in a > terminal mode. There's a large Terminus font ( > http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/ ) that helps with readability in > that mode, but still doesn't look as pretty as when KMS is off. When I used my G5 ppc64 mac with an nvidia card and a big monitor, it gave what you describe - until I added something like video=1024x768 to the bootargs. I now use that, or 800x600, on some installations with 8x16 fonts (for 12x22 I don't usually need to bother). > However, with the higher resolution (KMS on), you can run programs in > Framebuffer mode including any SDL based programs if SDL is built > using DirectFB or Framebuffer support. You don't need to start X to > run them. Programs like the links web browser use Framebuffer to > display graphics in a terminal outside of X Windows. > > So, in short, if you don't see a penguin and your system is on, KMS is > probably set and framebuffer is working. I did find a way to add > penguins to my login though. > > Sincerely, > Laura ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
