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 1PZN4p-0004C9-Fl for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 02 Jan 2011 12:30:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 35EADE057F; Sun, 2 Jan 2011 12:28:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6B27E057F for ; Sun, 2 Jan 2011 12:28:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwi18 with SMTP id 18so12806504wwi.10 for ; Sun, 02 Jan 2011 04:28:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=2UABAXug/1oABAPX6trv9g2t12iEKydapkCNNIdcp9g=; b=Sx5NTffNFt5ivyP4dQdtnTmJmWXhi1RYg2ba5husVdnXAH7Xi+EPjIScpiTVWyJ/Qs /A/WaM1Sq+M9bxeClykE9yLycDbQITNP29uJSrd87Yji5IOvwtUBdhz5RKjL+bXEEAMM OK/CD87fHWafIqTheUFl/mggkJQ8fem0QYvDk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=MeD3JmpmoAOTFyJj4BrWVmUeLycOqqoCSvulpbznO3YxSrjZ9Qx1AupWL0IhZTl0Z3 cZpizsWXnrsvaRqN5YgNn6va9ZK2roJTwl0/+/GhKlMwD43PP2oq8WhOHvFJegdcJXbR HOjilCXA1XAumOiW/F9PkZO95U8OgdQITZMxw= Received: by 10.216.157.142 with SMTP id o14mr22935463wek.37.1293971337093; Sun, 02 Jan 2011 04:28:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n11sm9242848wej.43.2011.01.02.04.28.55 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 02 Jan 2011 04:28:55 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SVGA mode & the console Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 12:29:00 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.36-gentoo-r5; KDE/4.4.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <20110102112809.GA5558@solfire> In-Reply-To: <20110102112809.GA5558@solfire> 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: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2639072.s4AXfnMl2l"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201101021229.02607.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 6e42cb55-7a87-45d5-9502-8bb44b84f45e X-Archives-Hash: c183b6af0af64ba51bd38867f87e56ec --nextPart2639072.s4AXfnMl2l Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday 02 January 2011 11:28:09 meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, >=20 > there is a "small" linux distribution (GRML), which I use for rescue > and other purposes. I installed it on a USB-stick. >=20 > Furthermore installed in my PC there is a MSI GT430 (nvidia) graphics > card and I use the nvidia-driver in conjunction with xorg 1.9.2. >=20 > So far so nice... >=20 > The GRML uses the noveau driver as far as I know. >=20 > When I boot from my USB-stick I get a very nice high resolution > linux console. It uses vga=3D791 on the kernel commandline. >=20 > When I use the same option with my kernel (2.6.36.2 vanilla) it > ends in a console font/resolution which reminds me at the good > old times when 8bit homecomputers were the dream of many people > and PACMAN was top! ;) >=20 > I tried "vga=3DasK" and then "scan" but the highest resolution I was > offered were 80x60 and only VGA-modes, which again looks like the > "high resolution textmode" of my old ATARI 800...and not like that > nice looking console which I get with the same hardware and the GRML > distro. >=20 > I compared both the kernel config of the GRML distro and my > own but I didn't found nay suspicious (or overlooked something?). >=20 >=20 > Final question after all there words: How can I get such a high > resolution with this hardware and the nvidia-drivers??? I think that the "nice high resolution" you see with GRML is presented by t= he=20 framebuffer. You only get this once the kernel starts to load. Until then= =20 you get a very basic VGA screen, which the GRML may not show at all (in oth= er=20 words the first visual impression of a LiveCD may be the framebuffer consol= e). With the latest versions CDs which use KMS (e.g. SystemrescueCD) the two=20 stages VGA-->framebuffer are visible if I recall correctly. With regards to your own kernel, are you using KMS? If so, once the kernel= =20 starts loading the KMS will dictate what resolution you get. If this is to= o=20 small to read (I think it will render the highest resolution possible) or y= ou=20 want to set some custom resolution for whatever reason, then add nomodeset = to=20 the kernel line in your grub.conf and also restore the vga=3DXXX line you h= ad=20 there previously. HTH. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2639072.s4AXfnMl2l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk0gb44ACgkQVTDTR3kpaLb89ACgp9Y3KoRDoo6QT3H6f8uLziRV PvoAn144yHu4N+aWbGEZtgOWCLTbutXb =GQKH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2639072.s4AXfnMl2l--