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 1Mq3cK-0004Cw-SI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:33:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 43719E092A; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:33:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice03.Princeton.EDU [128.112.131.174]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D4CBE092A for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:33:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.148]) by Princeton.EDU (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8MBX6RV003265 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:33:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n8MBX6Gs025892 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:33:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 62D4E18B992; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:33:59 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:33:59 -0400 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Frame-buffer modes on an eee-pc Message-ID: <20090922113359.GA4333@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <200909221203.00043.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> 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=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200909221203.00043.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: c0fa4f08-7061-4564-9bd5-b31372670c64 X-Archives-Hash: a7a62571f91ee73f514e196709276b6f On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:02:59PM +0100, Penguin Lover Peter Humphrey squawked: > root (hd0,4) > kernel /kernel-2.6.31-gentoo root=/dev/sda6 video=intelfb:mode=1024x600 > softlevel=no-x > > When I accidentally hit on the configuration I liked, the display started at > the standard 80x25, then when it got to "Waiting for uevents to be > processed" the screen blanked and then continued in something like 60 lines > (I didn't actually count them); finally at udev-postmount the line length > was changef from 80 to something like 120 (I didn't count that either). A > very pretty display, clear as crystal. > > Can anybody point me to the config I need? I've tried google of course but > no joy there. Is the framebuffer working? I mean, when you boot with the parameters listed up there, are you stuck in 80x25 or are you in a framebuffer mode that you don't like? If you are stuck in 80x25 text-mode, the intelfb kernel documentation suggests you try setting the vga mode, see the file vesafb.txt in your kernel documentation directories for details. (The problem is that the vesafb modes do not include one that is the native resolution for the 16:9 aspect ratio displays; on LCDs this will make the text look crappy). If the framebuffer is working, maybe you just want to play with the screen resolution? I think that 1024x600 is correct for the 1000 series though. Do you just want a certain number of rows and columns of text on your console? That I think is determined by the FONTS symbol, the configuration should be somewhere around where you enabled framebuffer support. Changing the font size should also change the number of rows and columns. On yres of 600, if you want something close to 60 lines, then you may want to try using the 8x8 VGA font. The standard 8x16 fonts will provide 30 someodd lines. W -- REMEMBER: "Stressed" spelled backward is "desserts" Sortir en Pantoufles: up 1019 days, 10:05