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 _______________________________________________ directfb-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-dev
