Bug#307459: kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686: tridentfb fails to set correct resolution at boot

["Marco Presi (Zufus)" <zufus@debian.org>]

Package: kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686
Version: 2.6.11-3
Severity: normal

Hi, 

    according to documentation shipped with kernel sources
    (kernel-sources-.../Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt), it should be
    possible to set virtual consoles resolution using tridentfb driver.

    I used this (and many other) parameters:

    video=tridentfb:1024x768,bpp=16

    The tridentfb is loaded, during the boot, but the resolution is
    always set to 640x480 and the screen is broken.

    Launching 

    "fbset 1024x768-60"

    after login, solves the problem. However, the switch "-a" of fbset
    seems not to work.

    I tried this on a laptop with a Trident CyberBlade XPA1i.

    dmesg related output is:

    tridentfb: framebuffer size = 16384 Kb
    tridentfb: 0000:01:00.0 board found
    tridentfb: 1024x768 flat panel found
    tridentfb: fb0: Trident frame buffer device 640x480-8bpp
    Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30


    Ciao Ciao

    Marco


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=it_IT@euro, LC_CTYPE=it_IT@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set to it_IT@euro)

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686 depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.78     tools to create initrd image for p
ii  module-init-tools             3.2-pre1-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

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