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 1QdZwi-00030B-M4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:35:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9EEB8E05CF; Mon, 4 Jul 2011 03:33:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0101.smtp25.com (mail0101.smtp25.com [67.228.8.101]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A29DE05CF for ; Mon, 4 Jul 2011 03:33:54 +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 p643XnJk026542 for ; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 23:33:52 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: about boot with framebuffer In-reply-to: <87tyb22173.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87wrfzm4bv.fsf@newsguy.com> <1309730856.64890.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <87tyb22173.fsf@newsguy.com> Comments: In-reply-to Harry Putnam message dated "Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:07:28 -0500." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.3.1 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 Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:33:49 -0400 Message-ID: <26541.1309750429@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-Filter: y-out0.smtp25.com-p643Xrqg003688 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 8ea91e11b5dd65c205ba055f4fa05020 Harry Putnam wrote: > Albert Hopkins writes: >=20 > > On Sunday, July 3 at 16:39 (-0500), Harry Putnam said: > > > >> I've been booting with a framebuffer for some time. So long that I > >> fear my kernel line may be out of date. > >>=20 > > > > A lot of people nowadays are using KMS. It's the one true way=E2=84=A2= for > > doing console/X mode settings. But if you have a procraprietary driver > > it may not work. > > > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml#doc_chap2 >=20 > this is a no X machine... it appears at the cited URL they expect you > to be running xorg. >=20 > What I'm after is a console Framebuffer with higher resolution to > shink the fonts down and enlarge the terminal. (on a console) >=20 > I've been able to do this for years using VESA.=20=20 >=20 I use uvesafb and it works without X -- I get 60x164, depending on the resolution your mileage may vary. --=20 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