Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel setting for frame buffer (2.6.23-r5)
Howdy, emerge sys-libs/lrmi then from a console run: vbetest this will display the video modes your graphics card supports. Note I had differing results running from an xterm, so I suggest running from a console with X stopped. You might want to look at using uvesa: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ I'm in the middle of getting the new fbsplash stuff installed (didn't work first try :-) but the higher res console works fine with uvesa (which is what I really wanted in the first place). HTH, Roy -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel setting for frame buffer (2.6.23-r5)
On Wednesday 9 January 2008, Renat Golubchyk wrote: If you only want to convert one number (or an arithmetic expression) you can write, e.g. :echo 0x31a in vim and be done with it. :-) [snip] Or an even simpler way would be $ echo $((0x31a)) 794 Bash is really cool. It can understand numbers up to base 64. ;-) Great tips! I did not know them. Especially the bash one is really useful! Thanks -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel setting for frame buffer (2.6.23-r5)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: do you know of a chart that shows the decimal notation like you posted? (Its not in `man vga') And I don't recall where I got that from... where ever it was, it probably also has the decimal equivalents. You can ignore this request... I found a nifty hex to decimal converter for vim here: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/VimTip27 function! Hex2Dec() let lstr = getline(.) let hexstr = matchstr(lstr, '0x[a-fA-F0-9]\+') while hexstr != let hexstr = hexstr + 0 exe 's#0x[a-fA-F0-9]\+#'.hexstr.# let lstr = substitute(lstr, '0x[a-fA-F0-9]\+', hexstr, ) let hexstr = matchstr(lstr, '0x[a-fA-F0-9]\+') endwhile endfunction -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel setting for frame buffer (2.6.23-r5)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: ... By the way about the vga= setting. I grabbed a chart from some where long ago showing the notation I was using: ##640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 ## 256 0x301 0x303 0x3050x307 ## 32k 0x310 0x313 0x3160x319 ## 64k 0x311 0x314 0x3170x31A ## 16M 0x312 0x315 0x3180x31B do you know of a chart that shows the decimal notation like you posted? (Its not in `man vga') And I don't recall where I got that from... where ever it was, it probably also has the decimal equivalents. less /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt should do it, i think. Regards //Tony -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHhTOJJDzv6DN+QUkRAnNOAJ42skY/nV5TtxH/WpNYCfdps7LFmQCg6wbD ayI1OguUAxE5hAnT1daSINQ= =SzfT -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel setting for frame buffer (2.6.23-r5)
Etaoin Shrdlu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: During make menuconfig, hit / and enter the text you want to search for (in this case, obviously, it's FB_VESA), and hit enter. It should show you where that particular option is found in the configration. In my case (vanilla 2.6.23.9), it shows Symbol: FB_VESA [=y] Prompt: VESA VGA graphics support Defined at drivers/video/Kconfig:595 Depends on: HAS_IOMEM FB=y X86 Location: - Device Drivers - Graphics support - Support for frame buffer devices (FB [=y]) Selects: FB_CFB_FILLRECT FB_CFB_COPYAREA FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT VIDEO_SELECT Notice the Location: bit. That was a very nice tip. I must have known it sometime or at least seen it but had totally forgotten how to search in make menuconfig dialog. I've found the settings and now recompiling... so I'll know soon if it is done or still needs work. By the way about the vga= setting. I grabbed a chart from some where long ago showing the notation I was using: ##640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 ## 256 0x301 0x303 0x3050x307 ## 32k 0x310 0x313 0x3160x319 ## 64k 0x311 0x314 0x3170x31A ## 16M 0x312 0x315 0x3180x31B do you know of a chart that shows the decimal notation like you posted? (Its not in `man vga') And I don't recall where I got that from... where ever it was, it probably also has the decimal equivalents. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel setting for frame buffer (2.6.23-r5)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Stohne skrev: ... less /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt should do it, i think. No, that was not it. Sorry for wasting bandwidth... Regards //Tony -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHhTWsJDzv6DN+QUkRAnTQAJ0a5tOcXpbVGkVXDO7JfJ2/NHTnigCgg8OZ BWMkznvgBxTPvQTmVVEhevw= =8CNG -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel setting for frame buffer (2.6.23-r5)
On Wednesday 9 January 2008, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: then. But again, it does not matter whether you use hex or decimal, as long as the value you use is the same. Sorry, bad wording. I meant: as long as the number you enter (whether hex or decimal) represents the video mode you want to get. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel setting for frame buffer (2.6.23-r5)
On Wednesday 9 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way about the vga= setting. I grabbed a chart from some where long ago showing the notation I was using: ##640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 ## 256 0x301 0x303 0x3050x307 ## 32k 0x310 0x313 0x3160x319 ## 64k 0x311 0x314 0x3170x31A ## 16M 0x312 0x315 0x3180x31B That is correct. You can use the hex values in the config. do you know of a chart that shows the decimal notation like you posted? (Its not in `man vga') No, I just did the math :-) And I don't recall where I got that from... where ever it was, it probably also has the decimal equivalents. I think I found the vga=791 line in some ancient LILO sample config file (even before I started using Gentoo) and I stuck with it since then. But again, it does not matter whether you use hex or decimal, as long as the value you use is the same. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel setting for frame buffer (2.6.23-r5)
On Wednesday 9 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: do you know of a chart that shows the decimal notation like you posted? (Its not in `man vga') And I don't recall where I got that from... where ever it was, it probably also has the decimal equivalents. You can ignore this request... I found a nifty hex to decimal converter for vim here: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/VimTip27 A perhaps simpler way is to use the bc program (which needs to be installed for this to work, of course): $ echo 'obase=10; ibase=16; 31A' | bc 794 (you can do that from inside vim also by using the ! vim command) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel setting for frame buffer (2.6.23-r5)
On Wednesday 09 January 2008, Tony Stohne wrote: Tony Stohne skrev: ... less /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt should do it, i think. No, that was not it. Sorry for wasting bandwidth... Regards //Tony Courtesy of fb/vesa.fb, kcalc hex-dec and 10 minutes free time ;-) ##640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 ## 256 769 771 773 775 ## 32k 784 787 790 793 ## 64k 785 788 791 794 ## 16M 786 789 792 795 -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel setting for frame buffer (2.6.23-r5)
On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 22:17:37 +0100 Etaoin Shrdlu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 9 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: do you know of a chart that shows the decimal notation like you posted? (Its not in `man vga') And I don't recall where I got that from... where ever it was, it probably also has the decimal equivalents. You can ignore this request... I found a nifty hex to decimal converter for vim here: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/VimTip27 If you only want to convert one number (or an arithmetic expression) you can write, e.g. :echo 0x31a in vim and be done with it. :-) A perhaps simpler way is to use the bc program (which needs to be installed for this to work, of course): $ echo 'obase=10; ibase=16; 31A' | bc 794 Or an even simpler way would be $ echo $((0x31a)) 794 Bash is really cool. It can understand numbers up to base 64. ;-) Cheers, Renat -- Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise loesen, durch die sie entstanden sind. (Einstein) signature.asc Description: PGP signature
