Re: fbset

[Stephen Gran <gashuffer09@home.com>]

Thus spake dman:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 07:35:35PM -0400, Stephen Gran wrote:
> | Thus spake dman:
> | > On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 04:47:18PM -0400, Stephen Gran wrote:
> | > | Thus spake dman:
> | > | > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:03:09PM -0600, Dave Thayer wrote:
> | > | > | On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 05:10:55PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> | > | > | > * Steve Gran (gashuffer09@home.com) [010918 16:23]:
> | > | > | [...]
> | > | > | > > for.  However, fbset 1024x760-60 works just fine.  Am i just feeding the
> | > | > |                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1st clue!
> | > | > | If fbset works then you must not be using the vesafb driver, all you
> | > | > | would get is an error message with vesafb
> | > | > 
> | > | > What would allow fbset to work?  I am curios since I recently started
> | > | > using the framebuffer stuff.  I have an SiS6326 card so I think the
> | > | > vesafb driver is the only one I can use.
> | > | 
> | > | Hey check out this link - 
> | > | http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html
> | > | It looks like you're right, the vesafb option is the one you want.  Good
> | > | luck with it.
> | > 
> | > I have and have read that doc.  I don't think it talks much about
> | > fbset though.  I seem to recall seeing fbset breifly mentioned
> | > elsewhere.  I was wondering what sort of setup would allow fbset to
> | > change the settings.
> | 
> | I'm sorry, I can't help you there - I take it your getting nowhere with
> | editing lilo?
> 
> Nope -- I don't use lilo <wink>.  I can set the mode _at boot time
> only_ through configuring grub, but I wanted to be able to change it
> without a reboot.

Gotcha - sorry, I don't know grub, as I've never used it.  fbset seems
like your only option.
Good luck,
Steve