On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 18:39 +0100, A.Madesani wrote: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 08:03:02PM +0000, Ferris McCormick wrote: > > You can change it at the OBP 'ok' prompt; I don't recall the exact > > command off hand but someone here will know it. The frame buffer > > handbook shows what resolutions the afb supports --- search for > > 816-3582-11 at http://docs.sun.com and download the latest. > > > > > > Hi. The problem isn't in OBP setting, but in the fb's setting in linux. > > mode "1152x900" > geometry 1152 900 1152 900 32 > timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > accel true > rgba 8/0,8/8,8/16,0/0 > endmode > Is that fron your xorg.conf file? Last I knew, the sunffb driver (for ffb and afb frame buffers) ignored mode lines completely. I *think* the only way to set resolution is from OBP. > This is the actual setting and evidently isn't correct. I read the man of > frame buffer, but i've not understood the sintassi to change fb modes. When > i was using an intel processor & lilo, I used "VGA=ask", but I don't know > if I may use the same solution to find the right resolution with a blade, > silo and elite card. > This is a piece of my silo.conf: > > ## > read-only > timeout=10 > > image=1/vmlinuz.new > label=Linux.new > initrd=/boot/initrd.img.new > root=/dev/sdb5 > > Is it possible to insert VGA=ask to check possibilities to change > resolution? Where it's necessary to put "VGA=ask" to obtain what I'm > finding? > I really don't know. Sorry. > TIA > Antonio > > > -- > #+--+#+--+#+--+#+--+#+--+#+--+#+--+#+--+#+--+# > Antonio Madesani > amadesani@libero.it > amadesani@alice.it > #+--+#+--+#+--+#+--+#+--+#+--+#+--+#+--+#+--+# > Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@gentoo.org> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)
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