Re: bootsplash

[Simo Kauppi <swk@nic.fi>]

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 05:04:35PM +0200, mess-mate wrote:
> Wang Xu <gnawux@gmail.com> wrote:
> | > The exact error is:
> | > 'You passed an unappropriate mode number..' and i have to press
> | > 'return' to see an available choice about:
> | > 80x40
> | > 80x30
> | > 80x32
> | > etc...
> | > 
> | > mess-mate
> | 
> | 
> | And did you build framebuffer support into kernel? It should be
> | built into kernel directly rather than as modules.
> | 
> | 
> yes, i did; fb16 and  vesa.
> At the head of possible values to choice is displayed:
> VESA VGA
> 
> 
> mess-mate                               
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If you use vesafb, the values according to the kernel documentation are:

        | 640x480  800x600  1024x768 1280x1024
    ----+-------------------------------------
    256 |  0x301    0x303    0x305    0x307   
    32k |  0x310    0x313    0x316    0x319   
    64k |  0x311    0x314    0x317    0x31A   
    16M |  0x312    0x315    0x318    0x31B   
    
Simo
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