On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:14, Robert Latest <boblat...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hello there, > > I'm completely stumped. I'm using the out-of-the-box lenny kernel > vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686. According to the config file, ehere seem to be > many framebuffer options hard-compiled into the kernel (seel below). > > When I set the "vga=ask" kernel option, all I get is a handful of > chunky 80-by-something options. Selecting "scan" doesn't reveal > anything new. All of the modes listed in the "framebuffer HOWTO" yield > a "video mode unavailable" error. Yes I know I can't just enter > numeric modes at the prompt, I've also tried them in the command line, > decimal, hexadecimal, it doesn't matter. > > What's going on here? When I boot a KNOPPIX cd I get the framebuffer, > so it can't be a hardware issue. > > BTW, on the vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-k7 I used to use mode 775 which doesn't > seem to be a fb mode because it doesn't have the penguin logo.
As far as I know, any mode other than 80x25 is FB. There are two way to display a penguin, one is the kernel option for a boot logo (off by default in debian), the other is a boot splash program, such as splashy or usplash. All I do to enable higher resolution fb modes is put "vga=791" in the kernel boot options and make sure console-setup is installed. I am pretty stumped as to why this isn't working for you. This clears up the mode numbers a little bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions#Linux_video_mode_numbers On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:26, Robert Latest <boblat...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Another curious thing: I tried to make some framebuffer devices in > /dev (as described in the HOWTO), but they get deleted on reboot! > Since when gets stuff deleted from /dev? Since 2.6.0, if you are are using udev (which is the default). You don't have to make the fb device, that howto is pretty old. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org