From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LOVKH-00066l-Eh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:56:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 727F1E0453; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:56:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.ukfsn.org (mail.ukfsn.org [77.75.108.10]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4459AE0453 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:56:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (smtp-filter.ukfsn.org [192.168.54.205]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67B51DED4A for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:56:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([192.168.54.25]) by localhost (smtp-filter.ukfsn.org [192.168.54.205]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id iusUdo+zgiTg for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:43:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wstn.ethnet (unknown [78.32.181.186]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40787DED39 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:56:20 +0000 (GMT) From: Peter Humphrey Organization: at home To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: uvesafb - does it require use of initramfs/initrd? Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:43:19 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <58965d8a0901152149j42177deel54e80429006813c@mail.gmail.com> <200901171532.38603.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> <20090117182549.401ea8ac@bellgrove.remarqs.net> In-Reply-To: <20090117182549.401ea8ac@bellgrove.remarqs.net> 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200901181043.19536.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> X-Archives-Salt: 2fbb1ed2-56c2-4a6f-9dc2-c8497f402dc4 X-Archives-Hash: 0f6a7295d3cf08549dfd6600a864d019 On Sunday 18 January 2009 00:25:49 =C2=BBQ=C2=AB wrote: > I also have a 1280x800 screen and uvesafb works for me without > distortion with this kernel video option in grub.conf: > > video=3Duvesafb:1280x800-32,mtrr:3,ywrap Do you have that resolution available in your BIOS? I read somewhere that=20 uvesafb can only use what it finds in the BIOS; in my case there is no such= =20 resolution. Maybe BIOS writers assume that nobody uses a text screen these= =20 days. =2D------------------------------------------- On Sunday 18 January 2009 03:25:33 Paul Hartman wrote: > In Konsole I'm using "Fixed [ETL]" 10pt, whatever that is, maybe it's > the default, I can't remember, but it's nice. It isn't the default (it can't be as I hadn't seen it before), but it's goo= d=20 that we have a choice. Nowadays I fear I shall have to stick to something a= =20 bit larger ;-( =2D-=20 Rgds Peter