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Re: Problem with resolution



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
> 
> 
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Regards,
Ferris
-- 
Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@gentoo.org>
Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)

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