From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QdoBF-0002vB-AV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:47:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 47FBF21C029; Mon, 4 Jul 2011 18:46:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0101.smtp25.com (mail0101.smtp25.com [67.228.8.101]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A9E921C029 for ; Mon, 4 Jul 2011 18:46:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p64Ik4OM019507 for ; Mon, 4 Jul 2011 14:46:07 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: about boot with framebuffer In-reply-to: <87hb7129vs.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87wrfzm4bv.fsf@newsguy.com> <1309730856.64890.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <87tyb22173.fsf@newsguy.com> <26541.1309750429@ccs.covici.com> <87hb7129vs.fsf@newsguy.com> Comments: In-reply-to Harry Putnam message dated "Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:12:07 -0500." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.3.1 Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:46:04 -0400 Message-ID: <19504.1309805164@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-Filter: y-out0.smtp25.com-p64Ik85C030002 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: aaeed81c2b8def92ce22bee0b790f24f Harry Putnam wrote: > covici@ccs.covici.com writes: > > >> I've been able to do this for years using VESA. > >> > > I use uvesafb and it works without X -- I get 60x164, depending on the > > resolution your mileage may vary. > > If it done in the kernel line of grub.conf? I realize it must be > enabled in kernel and I have done that. > > If it involves grub.conf, would you mind posting what you have in > there? > Add the following to your line: video=uvesafb:1280x1024 vmalloc=256M Change the numbers to meet your screen resolution. For this to work you need uvesafb to be built in to the kernel -- at least that is the way it worked for me. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com