From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hucga-0007KR-Ci for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:07:04 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l52N5glC020126; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 23:05:42 GMT Received: from web31715.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web31715.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.201.195]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l52N18Gx015143 for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 23:01:09 GMT Received: (qmail 40994 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Jun 2007 23:01:07 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=kCZfnw8JP40Ue0PQq/Q7AEf4kIwukbm6GXhwb8keN8hxDaza5JwZo59ui0g7U3ooXuMpvTxyXZCSW9SzjcOh8Bh+C1kIiY2LDztQPhXMueuOvvQEQqf26iNLCQuePt5Oqp4j4CBDtW3Vim17SUNKXY4KEZy+rABfB6nDA9jNl/0=; X-YMail-OSG: iCXswxoVM1mWFPvhK7E4GZR2wCdOD_tnlYXNpk7WhcZc17Nq_6LgXd5hjdj9uvRQS_ynmpx40W6AW2Y7c7shJlR6yh0bzBamQfmxEGNKQymXOBWlJhDFDG.8FjO66g-- Received: from [64.228.98.77] by web31715.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:01:07 PDT Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:01:07 -0700 (PDT) From: maxim wexler Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20070602171130.44d1665c@pascal.spore.ath.cx> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <672105.39483.qm@web31715.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Archives-Salt: c88e28b2-6c24-468d-94ed-7d58aab9e50c X-Archives-Hash: 05e52c936cf9064085dd26d6dd62c117 > For me, > | dan@pascal ~ $ cat /proc/cmdline > | root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x031b > This doesn't work. Get dumped to a screen with the error message: 'You passed an undefined node number' Then a request to pick 0-9 modes or use 'scan' Choosing Scan freezes the console for about 15 secs after which default(?) framebuffer boots. Picking modes 7-9 leads to Unknown mode, invalid ID. Picking modes 0-6 leads to the same default(?) framebuffer. > See the comma? Also, you don't need to use vga, but > are you sure you > don't want an '@' where you have a '-' ? This was the model I followed in the posting http://groups.google.ca/group/linux.gentoo.user/browse_thread/thread/114f64c0165ab4f3/2007d4aca55bd086?lnk=st&q=framebuffer+1024x768-60+fish&rnum=1&hl=en#2007d4aca55bd086 BTW, some googling revealed that that my monitor has the following specs: EISA ID:0, Horiz Khz: 30.0-70.0; Vert Hz: 50.0-120.0 Any idea how and where to incorporate this info? mw ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list