Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

[Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>]

On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 13:53:36 -0700 (PDT)
maxim wexler <blissfix@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi group.
> 
> For a 2.6.19 kernel w/ATI Rage128 card on a non-X box.
> I've been experimenting with the framebuffer and
> following the 
> 
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash
> 
> I'd like at the least for the entire page to appear in
> elinks at once without having to scroll from side to
> side to read something
> 
> Under graphics support I chose <*>vesa-tng and default
> mode 1024x768@72. Just guessing. FWIW using a
> Mag-Innovision monitor XJ500T c 1996. Don't have a
> clue of it's Hsync or Vsync specs.
> 
> I did emerge bootsplash but haven't config'd it yet.
> 
> According to a posting on this group I added 
> 
> video=vesafs:1024x768-72:ywrap:mtrr 
> 
> to the kernel line in grub.conf, installed the
> bootloader and booted. 
> 
> This is what
> 
> $dmesg|grep -i vesa
> 
> reveals:
> 
> Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda3
> video=vesafb:1024x768-72:ywrap:mtrr

For me, 
| dan@pascal ~ $ cat /proc/cmdline 
| root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x031b

See the comma?  Also, you don't need to use vga, but are you sure you
don't want an '@' where you have a '-' ?  
> 
> 
> 
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