since 2.6.32 you can change the resolution with video=VGA-1:640x480 boot parameter and emulate the old behaviour.
On 01/20/2010 05:39 PM, Alan Stern wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, Corbin Simpson wrote: > > >> FYI the legacy non-KMS path (nomodeset) is deprecated in kernel and >> was recently dropped from the X driver. You should be able to use >> fbset to change the resolution of your fbcon though. >> > I tried fbset, and it was distinctly unsuccessful. When I ran "fbset > 640x480-60", the general appearance of the screen did not change but > all new text got squeezed into the upper-left corner in an unreadable > form. > > It's not clear what mode I should specify. The output from "fbset" is > rather unhelpful (I didn't save the exact output but this is close): > > mode: "1280x1024-0" > D: 0 MHz H: 0 kHz V: 0 Hz > geometry: 1280 1024 1280 1024 32 > timings: -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 > rgba: 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0 > > Alan Stern > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
