From: pk <peterk2@coolmail.se>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Aluminum iMac framebuffer?
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:26:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A8DDB89.3010903@coolmail.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c6cb7500908201426n7dd0537cjc46e9f2be0c06b41@mail.gmail.com>
Simon Hunt wrote:
> I can't get a 1680x1050 framebuffer (my native resolution) or any widescreen
> framebuffer on this intel iMac and the console looks pretty bad because of
> it. The best I can use is 1024x768. I have a Radeon HD 2400 XT video card.
> The Radeon framebuffer "radeonfb" in the kernel doesn't support this card.
> What can I do?
Don't know the specifics of your hardware but I use vesa framebuffer
which works fine for me (stationary pc, radeon 3870). However, for some
reason, the radeon cards I have (all rv600+) do not seem to support the
standard vga modes; I had to use a tool (vbetest from package lrmi) to
find out the number to put into the kernel command line. I use vga=804
to achieve 1280x1024@24. Don't know if this will help but it can
probably (don't know for sure) find the supported modes...
HTH
Best regards
Peter K
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-20 23:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-20 21:26 [gentoo-user] Aluminum iMac framebuffer? Simon Hunt
2009-08-20 21:40 ` Paul Hartman
2009-08-20 23:55 ` Peter Humphrey
2009-08-20 23:26 ` pk [this message]
2009-08-20 23:26 ` pk
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