Re: framebuffer bootup question
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 06:45:19PM +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently got a 3dfx Voodoo3 card and thus enabled framebuffer support
> in the kernel. I would like to have my Debian system come up in
> 1024x764 mode with maximum vertical sync frequency, so according to
> Documentation/fb/modedb.txt in the Linux source I appended the following
> to my kernel command line
>
> video=tdfx:1024x768
>
> Unfortunatelly, I get a vertical sync of 60Hz, which is extremely hard
> on my eyes. My monitor is able to sync at 100Hz at this resolution, and
> I would like to have this refresh rate.
>
> According to /usr/share/doc/fbset/FAQ.gz I should be able to specify all
> timing parameters myself, like this:
>
> append="video=XXXXXX:xres:1024,yres:768,pixclock:12699,left:176,right:16,upper:28,lower:1,hslen:96,vslen:3,sync:3,depth:8"
>
> where XXXXXX would be tdfx in my case. Unfortunatelly this doesn't
> work, it comes up with the default console of 80x30.
>
> I also tried to run fbset at bootup, but this only changes the first VT
> all others remain at 60Hz.
>
> Also, is there a way to get rid of the white area next to the penguin?
>
> TIA,
> Viktor
> --
> Viktor Rosenfeld
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