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
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
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 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: > [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)
-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, [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)
-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
