Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

[maxim wexler <blissfix@yahoo.com>]

> Did you try just running "fbset -a 1024x768-76" on
> the command
> line, after bootup? If this works (and it just

Well, well, well. I've tried this command before
--shoulda mentioned it. What happened was that the
screen would try to change itself but drop back into
default(?) mode with a lot of staticky looking stuff
all over the screen.

But, this time, boom! Now everything is scrunched into
the upper left hand corner of the screen. I've maxed
out the settings in the screen control panel on the
monitor itself and managed to move the text to a band
down the center of the screen with margins of about
two inches. Now instead of no  margins, they're too
big.

I tried adjusting the command but whatever I enter it
replies; "Unknown video mode '800x600-60'"
for example. or "Unknown video mode '1024x768-60'".

But the display is otherwise just like with the boot
CD.

And the bare fbset command reveals the new mode.

Another thing: doesn't the -a switch set (a)ll the
consoles? Not in this instance.

Now for my finale, hot off the hard drive there is:

localhost ~ # fbset -fb /dev/fb0

mode "1024x768-76"
    # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz
    geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16
    timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4
    accel true
    rgba 5/10,5/5,5/0,0/0
endmode

localhost ~ # fbset -fb /dev/fb1

mode "1280x1024-60"
    # D: 108.944 MHz, H: 63.599 kHz, V: 59.999 Hz
    geometry 1280 1024 1280 1024 32
    timings 9179 217 79 32 1 137 3
    vsync high
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0
endmode

If I try using the last mode the screen goes blank for
about a solid minute then reverts back to the first.

What's even more confusing is that in the .config I
have 

CONFIG_FB_VESA_DEFAULT_MODE="1280x1024-32@60".

Why doesn't it try that since now my command line has
just "video=vesafb" with *no* parameters at all? And
no complaints in dmesg.

mw



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