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Re: framebuffer bootup question



Thus spake Michael C. Alonzo:
> 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
> > WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/
> 
> vga=0x317 or vga=0x318

Or append="video=aty128fb:1024x768-24@60" - adjust for your values, but
this works well for me.  The form is
video=<driver>:xresxyres-depth@refresh.
Good luck,
Steve

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