Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 11:09 -0500, LostSon wrote: > Hello > I am trying to set my framebuffer so at boot time i get 1024x768 i am > not using a splash screen just want the terminal at 1024x768, i have > read the tutorial and compiled in all the components i need but jsut > cant get it to work my grub.conf looks like this > > title=Gentoo-2.6.11-r11-boot-1024 > root (hd0,0) > kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new3 root=/dev/hda3 > video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] That is all on one line right? firstly, try a lower resolution, like 800x600-24 just to see. > title=Gentoo-2.6.11-r11-boot-1024 > root (hd0,0) > kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new3 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr > vga=0x318 secondly, you cant mix video= and vga= thirdly, what errors (if any) did you get? don't forget this step - you might find people don't answer without it! HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
Another option is to just compile the framebuffer into the kernel. That's what I did. Graphics support: [*] Support for frame buffer devices <*> VESA VGA graphics support VESA driver type (vesafb-tng) ---> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) VESA default mode Then my grub is simply: timeout 30 default 0 title Gentoo Latest root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 HTH, Roy Iain Buchanan wrote: >On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 11:09 -0500, LostSon wrote: > > >>Hello >> I am trying to set my framebuffer so at boot time i get 1024x768 i am >>not using a splash screen just want the terminal at 1024x768, i have >>read the tutorial and compiled in all the components i need but jsut >>cant get it to work my grub.conf looks like this >> >>title=Gentoo-2.6.11-r11-boot-1024 >>root (hd0,0) >>kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new3 root=/dev/hda3 >>video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
I guess Roy's solution would be the best for you since you dont plan on using any splash screen or graphic candy, it would put your console to 1024x768 and you wouldn't have to worry about anything. (be careful if your monitor supports the resolution and specially the refresh rate). On 6/30/05, Roy Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another option is to just compile the framebuffer into the kernel. > That's what I did. > > Graphics support: >[*] Support for frame buffer devices > <*> VESA VGA graphics support > VESA driver type (vesafb-tng) ---> > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) VESA default mode > > Then my grub is simply: > > timeout 30 > default 0 > > title Gentoo Latest > root (hd0,0) > kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 > > HTH, > Roy > > Iain Buchanan wrote: > > >On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 11:09 -0500, LostSon wrote: > > > > > >>Hello > >> I am trying to set my framebuffer so at boot time i get 1024x768 i am > >>not using a splash screen just want the terminal at 1024x768, i have > >>read the tutorial and compiled in all the components i need but jsut > >>cant get it to work my grub.conf looks like this > >> > >>title=Gentoo-2.6.11-r11-boot-1024 > >>root (hd0,0) > >>kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new3 root=/dev/hda3 > >>video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
I have done everything you have suggested and still nothing On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 21:54 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > I guess Roy's solution would be the best for you since you dont plan > on using any splash screen or graphic candy, it would put your console > to 1024x768 and you wouldn't have to worry about anything. (be careful > if your monitor supports the resolution and specially the refresh > rate). > > On 6/30/05, Roy Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another option is to just compile the framebuffer into the kernel. > > That's what I did. > > > > Graphics support: > >[*] Support for frame buffer devices > > <*> VESA VGA graphics support > > VESA driver type (vesafb-tng) ---> > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) VESA default mode > > > > Then my grub is simply: > > > > timeout 30 > > default 0 > > > > title Gentoo Latest > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 > > > > HTH, > > Roy > > > > Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > > >On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 11:09 -0500, LostSon wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Hello > > >> I am trying to set my framebuffer so at boot time i get 1024x768 i am > > >>not using a splash screen just want the terminal at 1024x768, i have > > >>read the tutorial and compiled in all the components i need but jsut > > >>cant get it to work my grub.conf looks like this > > >> > > >>title=Gentoo-2.6.11-r11-boot-1024 > > >>root (hd0,0) > > >>kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new3 root=/dev/hda3 > > >>video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > -- > Daniel da Veiga > Computer Operator - RS - Brazil > -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org Public Key http://www.lostsonsvault.org/dls/lostson.asc signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
Check that looked over by grub.conf and i had the wrong bzImage in there sorry to disturb you. On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 20:42 -0500, LostSon wrote: > I have done everything you have suggested and still nothing > > On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 21:54 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > > I guess Roy's solution would be the best for you since you dont plan > > on using any splash screen or graphic candy, it would put your console > > to 1024x768 and you wouldn't have to worry about anything. (be careful > > if your monitor supports the resolution and specially the refresh > > rate). > > > > On 6/30/05, Roy Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Another option is to just compile the framebuffer into the kernel. > > > That's what I did. > > > > > > Graphics support: > > >[*] Support for frame buffer devices > > > <*> VESA VGA graphics support > > > VESA driver type (vesafb-tng) ---> > > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) VESA default mode > > > > > > Then my grub is simply: > > > > > > timeout 30 > > > default 0 > > > > > > title Gentoo Latest > > > root (hd0,0) > > > kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 > > > > > > HTH, > > > Roy > > > > > > Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > > > > >On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 11:09 -0500, LostSon wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>Hello > > > >> I am trying to set my framebuffer so at boot time i get 1024x768 i am > > > >>not using a splash screen just want the terminal at 1024x768, i have > > > >>read the tutorial and compiled in all the components i need but jsut > > > >>cant get it to work my grub.conf looks like this > > > >> > > > >>title=Gentoo-2.6.11-r11-boot-1024 > > > >>root (hd0,0) > > > >>kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new3 root=/dev/hda3 > > > >>video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> > > > >> > > > -- > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Daniel da Veiga > > Computer Operator - RS - Brazil > > -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org Public Key http://www.lostsonsvault.org/dls/lostson.asc signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 13:53:36 -0700 (PDT) maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi group. > > For a 2.6.19 kernel w/ATI Rage128 card on a non-X box. > I've been experimenting with the framebuffer and > following the > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash > > I'd like at the least for the entire page to appear in > elinks at once without having to scroll from side to > side to read something > > Under graphics support I chose <*>vesa-tng and default > mode [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just guessing. FWIW using a > Mag-Innovision monitor XJ500T c 1996. Don't have a > clue of it's Hsync or Vsync specs. > > I did emerge bootsplash but haven't config'd it yet. > > According to a posting on this group I added > > video=vesafs:1024x768-72:ywrap:mtrr > > to the kernel line in grub.conf, installed the > bootloader and booted. > > This is what > > $dmesg|grep -i vesa > > reveals: > > Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda3 > video=vesafb:1024x768-72:ywrap:mtrr For me, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/cmdline | root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x031b See the comma? Also, you don't need to use vga, but are you sure you don't want an '@' where you have a '-' ? > > > > > > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your > story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
> For me, > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/cmdline > | root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x031b > This doesn't work. Get dumped to a screen with the error message: 'You passed an undefined node number' Then a request to pick 0-9 modes or use 'scan' Choosing Scan freezes the console for about 15 secs after which default(?) framebuffer boots. Picking modes 7-9 leads to Unknown mode, invalid ID. Picking modes 0-6 leads to the same default(?) framebuffer. > See the comma? Also, you don't need to use vga, but > are you sure you > don't want an '@' where you have a '-' ? This was the model I followed in the posting http://groups.google.ca/group/linux.gentoo.user/browse_thread/thread/114f64c0165ab4f3/2007d4aca55bd086?lnk=st&q=framebuffer+1024x768-60+fish&rnum=1&hl=en#2007d4aca55bd086 BTW, some googling revealed that that my monitor has the following specs: EISA ID:0, Horiz Khz: 30.0-70.0; Vert Hz: 50.0-120.0 Any idea how and where to incorporate this info? mw Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:01:07 -0700 (PDT) maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For me, > > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/cmdline > > | root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x031b > > > > This doesn't work. Get dumped to a screen with the > error message: > > 'You passed an undefined node number' > > Then a request to pick 0-9 modes or use 'scan' > > Choosing Scan freezes the console for about 15 secs > after which default(?) framebuffer boots. > > Picking modes 7-9 leads to Unknown mode, invalid ID. > > Picking modes 0-6 leads to the same default(?) > framebuffer. > > > See the comma? Also, you don't need to use vga, but > > are you sure you > > don't want an '@' where you have a '-' ? > > This was the model I followed in the posting > > http://groups.google.ca/group/linux.gentoo.user/browse_thread/thread/114f64c0165ab4f3/2007d4aca55bd086?lnk=st&q=framebuffer+1024x768-60+fish&rnum=1&hl=en#2007d4aca55bd086 > > BTW, some googling revealed that that my monitor has > the following specs: > > EISA ID:0, Horiz Khz: 30.0-70.0; Vert Hz: 50.0-120.0 > > Any idea how and where to incorporate this info? > > mw > > > > > Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ That link made it a little clearer; the vesafb driver is being used by me because to it has been added x86_64 support. Vesafb_tng doesn't work on 64-bit -- but if you're 32bit ,that's what you should be using. But have you tried commas rather than colons? and with an @ symbol? That's how http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/vesafb-tng/, http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_gensplash#Required_Kernel_Options, and more list it. the dash goes before depth, not refresh. also, gentoo has a doc: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10 good luck. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
> also, gentoo has a doc: > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10 That gives the best explanation. Now dmesg | grep -i vesa concludes with: <...> vesafb: framebuffer at 0xf000, mapped to 0xd190, using 10240k,total 16384k fb1: VESA VGA frame buffer device. But, the screen looks the same. I started out with 1024x768 then changed to 1280x1024 but certain web pages still do not fit the screen. For example, a trip to the above handbook address using elinks is an exercise in frustration. As you scroll down using the down arrow the page jumps from side to side making it very difficult to follow. FWIW if I drop to the grub prompt and use grub>vbeprobe I get 'vbeprobe 0xff00 is not found or supported' If I use grub> testvbe 1280 I get 'mode 0x400 not supported'. For 1024, it's '0x400 not supported'. For 800, it's '0x300 not supported'. For 640, '0x200 not supported'. Which is weird cause the monitor is clearly using *some kind of mode*. If I manually enter the kernel line at the prompt w/o mentioning the framebuffer at all one is installed anyway which is just like all the others :( mw Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 20:19:12 -0700 (PDT) maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > also, gentoo has a doc: > > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10 > > That gives the best explanation. Now dmesg | grep -i > vesa concludes with: > <...> > vesafb: framebuffer at 0xf000, mapped to > 0xd190, using 10240k,total 16384k > fb1: VESA VGA frame buffer device. Thke vesafb driver is built into the kernel, right? You need it right away when booting. No sense in fiddling around with initrd's, just put it in the kernel. > But, the screen looks the same. I started out with > 1024x768 then changed to 1280x1024 but certain web > pages still do not fit the screen. For example, a > trip to the above handbook address using elinks is an > exercise in frustration. As you scroll down using the > down arrow the page jumps from side to side making it > very difficult to follow. That does sound frustrating. Let me provide some qotes: | |video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap,[EMAIL PROTECTED] | I still think your boot line isn't quite right. May I see the updated version from /proc/cmdline ? > If I manually enter the kernel line at the prompt w/o > mentioning the framebuffer at all one is installed > anyway which is just like all the others :( Yes, that's why I think the boot command line isn't quite right. The kernel loads the driver eventually, if it's not specified the settings at boot, just like all other drivers get loaded, and if they find hardware to support, generally say something on the console. By the time vesafb loads on your system, it's already initialized the console and it's too late to give it the resolution you want. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
> Thke vesafb driver is built into the kernel, right? Right. > I see the updated > version from /proc/cmdline ? root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:mtrr3,ywrap,[EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^ have change these back and forth using different freqs, res's & color depths -- makes no difference And see the results of vbeprobe in a fresh post. mw Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 11:04:22 -0700 (PDT) maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thke vesafb driver is built into the kernel, right? > > Right. > > > I see the updated > > version from /proc/cmdline ? > > root=/dev/hda3 > video=vesafb:mtrr3,ywrap,[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ^^ > have change these back and forth > using different freqs, res's & > > color depths -- makes no > difference have you tried with just '1280x1024' ? > And see the results of vbeprobe in a fresh post. I don't have any experience with this, but I'm going to look into it. > mw > > > > > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s > user panel and lay it on us. > http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
> have you tried with just '1280x1024' ? No help Of course, when the LiveCD boots the framebuffer comes up in a usable configuration. So I boot the CD and chroot. In chroot #fbset -s is completely different than in "regular" mode. Here's #fbset -s after the PC boots as usual: mode "640x480-60" # D: 25.171 MHz, H: 31.463 kHz, V: 59.930 Hz geometry 640 480 640 480 8 timings 39729 48 16 33 10 96 2 rgba 8/0,8/0,8/0,0/0 endmode Which is quite useless to me. Here it is in chroot: mode "1024x768-76" # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16 timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4 rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0 endmode More like it! Now if only I can get non-chroot to accept the chroot modes. So I copied the better mode to the /etc/fb.modes. But when I give it #fbset 1024x768-76(or anything else) it answers: /etc/fb.modes:5: syntax error But line 5(if that's what the '5' refers to) has the same format in both versions. Neither of which were touched by human hands. Anyways I know there's nothing wrong with the card or monitor. The BIOS? Doesn't seem to hamper the CD. mw Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
> Here it is in chroot: > > mode "1024x768-76" > # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz > geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16 > timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4 > rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0 > endmode > > /etc/fb.modes:5: syntax error > Remove the rgba line from fb.modes, and it should work OK. I don't think it's necessary, and mine works without it. Good luck, -Nick -- GPG Key : www.njw.me.uk/nick.gpg.asc GPG Key ID: 04E4653F GPG Fingerprint: 9732 D7C7 A441 D79E FDF0 94F6 1F48 5674 04E4 653F SIP : [EMAIL PROTECTED]PSTN: 0560 0030509 pgpPn37WVQUzH.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
--- Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here it is in chroot: > > > > mode "1024x768-76" > > # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz > > geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16 > > timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4 > > rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0 > > endmode > > > > /etc/fb.modes:5: syntax error > > > > Remove the rgba line from fb.modes, and it should > work OK. I don't > think it's necessary, and mine works without it. Nope. PC still boots with lame framebuffer. Now it's: #fbset -s /dev/fb0 Unknown video mode '/dev/fb0' But, #fbset -s -fb /dev/fb0 mode "640x480-60" # D: 25.171 MHz, H: 31.463 kHz, V: 59.930 Hz geometry 640 480 640 480 8 timings 39729 48 16 33 10 96 2 rgba 8/0,8/0,8/0,0/0 endmode Line 5 has been replaced #fbset -s /dev/fb1 Unknown video mode '/dev/fb1' And for #fbset -s -fb /dev/fb1 mode "1280x1024-60" # D: 108.944 MHz, H: 63.599 kHz, V: 59.999 Hz geometry 1280 1024 1280 1024 32 timings 9179 217 79 32 1 137 3 vsync high rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0 endmode Line 5 is baack! I don't think fbset even looks at /etc/fb.modes, least not with the -fb option. FWIW: $cat /proc/fb 0 ATY Rage 128 1 VESA VGA ??? Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 08:21:19AM -0700, maxim wexler wrote: > > --- Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Here it is in chroot: > > > > > > mode "1024x768-76" > > > # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz > > > geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16 > > > timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4 > > > rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0 > > > endmode > > > > > > /etc/fb.modes:5: syntax error > > > > > Nope. PC still boots with lame framebuffer. > Did you try just running "fbset -a 1024x768-76" on the command line, after bootup? If this works (and it just doesn't set itself correctly when booting) you could add this command to /etc/conf.d/local.start This is how I do it on my machine. -- GPG Key : www.njw.me.uk/nick.gpg.asc GPG Key ID: 04E4653F GPG Fingerprint: 9732 D7C7 A441 D79E FDF0 94F6 1F48 5674 04E4 653F SIP : [EMAIL PROTECTED]PSTN: 0560 0030509 pgplExmsPv93y.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
> Did you try just running "fbset -a 1024x768-76" on > the command > line, after bootup? If this works (and it just Well, well, well. I've tried this command before --shoulda mentioned it. What happened was that the screen would try to change itself but drop back into default(?) mode with a lot of staticky looking stuff all over the screen. But, this time, boom! Now everything is scrunched into the upper left hand corner of the screen. I've maxed out the settings in the screen control panel on the monitor itself and managed to move the text to a band down the center of the screen with margins of about two inches. Now instead of no margins, they're too big. I tried adjusting the command but whatever I enter it replies; "Unknown video mode '800x600-60'" for example. or "Unknown video mode '1024x768-60'". But the display is otherwise just like with the boot CD. And the bare fbset command reveals the new mode. Another thing: doesn't the -a switch set (a)ll the consoles? Not in this instance. Now for my finale, hot off the hard drive there is: localhost ~ # fbset -fb /dev/fb0 mode "1024x768-76" # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16 timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4 accel true rgba 5/10,5/5,5/0,0/0 endmode localhost ~ # fbset -fb /dev/fb1 mode "1280x1024-60" # D: 108.944 MHz, H: 63.599 kHz, V: 59.999 Hz geometry 1280 1024 1280 1024 32 timings 9179 217 79 32 1 137 3 vsync high rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0 endmode If I try using the last mode the screen goes blank for about a solid minute then reverts back to the first. What's even more confusing is that in the .config I have CONFIG_FB_VESA_DEFAULT_MODE="[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Why doesn't it try that since now my command line has just "video=vesafb" with *no* parameters at all? And no complaints in dmesg. mw Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
> But, this time, boom! Now everything is scrunched into > the upper left hand corner of the screen. I've maxed > out the settings in the screen control panel on the > monitor itself and managed to move the text to a band > down the center of the screen with margins of about > two inches. Now instead of no margins, they're too > big. > > ... > > mode "1024x768-76" > # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz > geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16 > timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4 > accel true > rgba 5/10,5/5,5/0,0/0 > endmode Okay, this is somewhat of a guess, but perhaps some of the timings are incorrect, as this controls "margins" (see fbset manpage). First it may be wise to change the first timing setting (pixclock) to 0 (at least for now), as this'll auto-select that setting. For the others, perhaps you could experiment with the settings individually, using fbset, to get an idea of whether they may have a part to play in this most odd problem. Something like "fbset -left 100". > Another thing: doesn't the -a switch set (a)ll the > consoles? Not in this instance. Yes, it should, and does for me... > What's even more confusing is that in the .config I > have > > CONFIG_FB_VESA_DEFAULT_MODE="[EMAIL PROTECTED]". > > Why doesn't it try that since now my command line has > just "video=vesafb" with *no* parameters at all? And > no complaints in dmesg. As far as I can see it should... Hmm... Sorry I can't be more help. Good luck -Nick -- GPG Key : www.njw.me.uk/nick.gpg.asc GPG Key ID: 04E4653F GPG Fingerprint: 9732 D7C7 A441 D79E FDF0 94F6 1F48 5674 04E4 653F pgpwDqnfczooW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
> Sorry I can't be more help. > Geert Uytterhoeven, who's listed as the author at the end of man fbset, pointed out that since I only have one video card, I only need one framebuffer, whereas I had two: ATI and VESA. So I reconfig'd w/o VESA and removed the video=vesafb... from the kernel line in grub.conf. Then I put fbset -a 1024x768-76 in local.start and rebooted. The framebuffer opens up beautifully. Without the scrunch or big margins but still only in the one console and it doesn't switch until the boot process gets to the .start file. Rather have a continuous high-res o/p from the start like with the bootCD. I think I should put it in /etc/inittab but where? Does it matter? Or maybe it should be video=aty128fb...on the kernel line. Still some tweaking to do. But I think most of the heavy lifting is over. Thanks Dale. Maxim. Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 07:58:45PM -0700, maxim wexler wrote: > Geert Uytterhoeven, who's listed as the author at the > end of man fbset, pointed out that since I only have > one video card, I only need one framebuffer, whereas I > had two: ATI and VESA. So I reconfig'd w/o VESA and > removed the video=vesafb... from the kernel line in > grub.conf. > > Then I put fbset -a 1024x768-76 in local.start and > rebooted. The framebuffer opens up beautifully. Excellent :) Always helps to ask someone who known what they're talking about > I think I should put it in /etc/inittab but where? > Does it matter? Or maybe it should be > video=aty128fb...on the kernel line. Still some > tweaking to do. But I think most of the heavy lifting > is over. I would have thought video=aty128fb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in grub.conf should do it. Have a look at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/aty128fb.txt for a few other options. I wouldn't mess around with inittab if you can possibly help it. Glad to hear it's mostly working, -Nick -- GPG Key : www.njw.me.uk/nick.gpg.asc GPG Key ID: 04E4653F GPG Fingerprint: 9732 D7C7 A441 D79E FDF0 94F6 1F48 5674 04E4 653F pgpWKsNaf41Wz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
> I would have thought video=aty128fb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in > grub.conf should Yep, that did it. For *all* the consoles > Glad to hear it's mostly working, > > -Nick > Thanks Nick. Did I call you Dale yesterday? Sorry. mw 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions
On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 07:25:48 -0700 (PDT) maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would have thought video=aty128fb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in > > grub.conf should > > Yep, that did it. For *all* the consoles > After all this time, the problem was just having two different frambuffer drivers in there at once? I guess they were tripping over each other. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
