Carlos Ojea Castro wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I want to change variable visible and virtual geometry, but using
> fbset I can't change anything:
> 
> caroje:~# fbset 800x600-60 -a -v
> Linux Frame Buffer Device Configuration Version 2.1 (23/06/1999)
> (C) Copyright 1995-1999 by Geert Uytterhoeven
> 
> Opening frame buffer device `/dev/fb0'
> Reading mode database from file `/etc/fb.modes'
> Using video mode `800x600-60'
> Setting video mode to `/dev/fb0'
> 
> 
> This is my "800x600-60" entry in /etc/fb.modes
> mode "800x600-60"
>     # D: 40.00 MHz, H: 37.879 kHz, V: 60.32 Hz
>     geometry 800 600 800 600 8
>     timings 25000 88 40 23 1 128 4
>     hsync high
>     vsync high
> endmode
> 
> 
> (I tried also with /dev/fb1) But now, if I do a 'fbset -i', I get the
> same geometry as before:
> 
> caroje:~# fbset -i
> 
> mode "640x480-73"
>     # D: 30.720 MHz, H: 36.923 kHz, V: 73.260 Hz
>     geometry 640 480 640 960 32
>     timings 32552 80 32 16 4 80 4
>     rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
> endmode
> 
> Frame buffer device information:
>     Name        : VESA VGA
>     Address     : 0xf0000000
>     Size        : 2457600
>     Type        : PACKED PIXELS
>     Visual      : TRUECOLOR
>     XPanStep    : 0
>     YPanStep    : 1
>     YWrapStep   : 0
>     LineLength  : 2560
>     Accelerator : No
> 
> Anyone could point me in the right direction?

You're using VESA VGA (vesafb). It does not support mode
changing.  Use another driver, or use vesafb-tng.

Tony

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