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 1QLGdx-0000kz-F5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 14 May 2011 15:20:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8831B1C0D8; Sat, 14 May 2011 15:19:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pop-borzoi.atl.sa.earthlink.net (pop-borzoi.atl.sa.earthlink.net [207.69.195.70]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D1501C0D8 for ; Sat, 14 May 2011 15:19:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from user-12hck1e.cable.mindspring.com ([69.22.80.46] helo=[192.168.0.51]) by pop-borzoi.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1QLGcd-0003Y0-00 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 14 May 2011 11:19:15 -0400 Message-ID: <4DCE9D74.9040300@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 11:19:16 -0400 From: Felix Miata Organization: less than infinite User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; Warp 4.5; rv:2.0pre) Gecko/20110411 SeaMonkey/2.1b3 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] chicken <--> egg (NFS & tty video) References: <20110514150430.GA11338@gaurahari> In-Reply-To: <20110514150430.GA11338@gaurahari> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 8a87e428166080d9eedb7c588b506336 On 2011/05/14 11:04 (GMT-0400) Indi composed: > Felix Miata wrote: >> On 2011/05/14 10:37 (GMT-0400) Indi composed: >> > Far better (IMO, YMMV) is to use /etc/portage/package.use specify such things >> > per package. Unless, of course, you like having a gtk GUI for everything. >> > :) >> Yes, for sure. :-) > Also, have you seen this page? > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Kernel_Mode_Setting#Forcing_a_Resolution I hadn't. That and its referenced commit message are good resources. :-) I'd already tried various video= incantations based upon something I read elsewhere. With this GeForce2 MX400 video card, video=1152x864-24@60 discombobulates the ttys, while both video=1152x864-32@60 and (plain) video=1152x864 apparently work fine. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/