Re: full screen console under 2.6, + some small bugs
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 12:39:16AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 00:13, Matt Price <matt.price@utoronto.ca> wrote:
> > > EG "vga=791" for 1024x768x16bpp or "vga=788" for 800x600x16bpp.
> > >
> > > This is documented in linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt
> >
> > Yes yes, I know this. I get an error on boot -- "invalid mode" -- and
> > am aked to choose from 8 or 9 text-only modes. (should have said this
> > earlier) That is, as far as I can tell, VESAFB doesn't take command of
> > the framebuffer.
>
> Which modes have you tried? Have you started with 640x480x8bpp and worked
> your way up? There is no requirement that all modes be supported...
>
weeelll... so I tried that (set vga=ask, then typed 301, the lowest
resolution possible)... That gets me a completely blank screen.
gaah. I think the new code is justSomehow not ocmpatible with my
video hardware! Or do y'all sti3ll haves ome suggestions up your
sleeve?
matt
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