[gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[Sergey A. Kobzar]

Hello.

I have Dell Vostro 1400 with Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics
Controller. It's native resolution is 1280x800.

I've tried to use intelfb, but it does not work on LCD panel.

uvesafb does not support wide screen resolutions. Supported
resolutions are

# cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes
U:1024x768p-60
U:800x600p-59
U:640x480p-60
U:1024x768p-60

but FB worked definitely when I used Gentoo LiveCD to install system.

Do I have other options? Any thoughts?


Thanks :)

-- 
Sergey

Re: [gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[Victor Ashirov]

Hi!

uvesafb works with widescreen resoluitons.
Try this as kernel parameter:

video=uvesafb:mtrr:3,scroll:ywrap,1280x800-32

2009/3/30 Sergey A. Kobzar <sergey.kobzar@mail.ru>:
> Hello.
>
> I have Dell Vostro 1400 with Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics
> Controller. It's native resolution is 1280x800.
>
> I've tried to use intelfb, but it does not work on LCD panel.
>
> uvesafb does not support wide screen resolutions. Supported
> resolutions are
>
> # cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes
> U:1024x768p-60
> U:800x600p-59
> U:640x480p-60
> U:1024x768p-60
>
> but FB worked definitely when I used Gentoo LiveCD to install system.
>
> Do I have other options? Any thoughts?
>
>
> Thanks :)
>
> --
> Sergey
>
>
>



-- 
Victor Ashirov

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[Sergey A. Kobzar]

Monday, March 30, 2009, 9:36:18 AM, Victor wrote:

> Hi!

> uvesafb works with widescreen resoluitons.
> Try this as kernel parameter:

> video=uvesafb:mtrr:3,scroll:ywrap,1280x800-32

> 2009/3/30 Sergey A. Kobzar <sergey.kobzar@mail.ru>:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I have Dell Vostro 1400 with Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics
>> Controller. It's native resolution is 1280x800.
>>
>> I've tried to use intelfb, but it does not work on LCD panel.
>>
>> uvesafb does not support wide screen resolutions. Supported
>> resolutions are
>>
>> # cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes
>> U:1024x768p-60
>> U:800x600p-59
>> U:640x480p-60
>> U:1024x768p-60
>>
>> but FB worked definitely when I used Gentoo LiveCD to install system.
>>
>> Do I have other options? Any thoughts?
>>
>>
>> Thanks :)

uvesafb: unrecognized option scroll:ywrap


Current config:

/boot/grub/grub.conf:

  title Gentoo Linux 2.6.27-r8-b0
          root (hd0,0)
          kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.27-gentoo-r8-b0 root=/dev/sda3 video=uvesafb:1280x800-32,mtrr:3,ywrap

lynx ~ # dmesg | grep uvesafb
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda3 video=uvesafb:1280x800-32,mtrr:3,ywrap
uvesafb: Intel Corporation, Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics Controller, Hardware Version 0.0, OEM: Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS, VBE v3.0
uvesafb: VBIOS/hardware supports DDC2 transfers
uvesafb: monitor limits: vf = 60 Hz, hf = 49 kHz, clk = 71 MHz
uvesafb: scrolling: redraw
uvesafb: framebuffer at 0xe0000000, mapped to 0xf8880000, using 6144k, total 7616k


but FB does not change my recolution...


I followed this instruction:
http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/


-- 
Sergey

Re: [gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[Peter Humphrey]

On Monday 30 March 2009 07:36:18 Victor Ashirov wrote:

> uvesafb works with widescreen resoluitons.

... but only if your BIOS does.

-- 
Rgds
Peter

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[Sergey A. Kobzar]

Monday, March 30, 2009, 2:23:43 PM, Peter wrote:

> On Monday 30 March 2009 07:36:18 Victor Ashirov wrote:

>> uvesafb works with widescreen resoluitons.

> ... but only if your BIOS does.

Do you know which FB Gentoo LiveCD uses? I got FB working with it and
want to do same on my base system.


-- 
Sergey

Re: [gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[Peter Humphrey]

On Monday 30 March 2009 12:45:17 Sergey A. Kobzar wrote:

> Do you know which FB Gentoo LiveCD uses?

Frame buffer? No, sorry - I haven't used a live CD.

-- 
Rgds
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[Paul Hartman]

2009/3/29 Sergey A. Kobzar <sergey.kobzar@mail.ru>:
> Hello.
>
> I have Dell Vostro 1400 with Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics
> Controller. It's native resolution is 1280x800.
>
> I've tried to use intelfb, but it does not work on LCD panel.
>
> uvesafb does not support wide screen resolutions. Supported
> resolutions are
>
> # cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes
> U:1024x768p-60
> U:800x600p-59
> U:640x480p-60
> U:1024x768p-60
>
> but FB worked definitely when I used Gentoo LiveCD to install system.

Do you still have the Live CD? can you boot it and see what it is using?

Re: [gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[Alejandro]

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2009/3/30 Paul Hartman
<paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com<paul.hartman%2Bgentoo@gmail.com>
>

> 2009/3/29 Sergey A. Kobzar <sergey.kobzar@mail.ru>:
> > Hello.
> >
> > I have Dell Vostro 1400 with Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics
> > Controller. It's native resolution is 1280x800.
> >
> > I've tried to use intelfb, but it does not work on LCD panel.
> >
> > uvesafb does not support wide screen resolutions. Supported
> > resolutions are
> >
> > # cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes
> > U:1024x768p-60
> > U:800x600p-59
> > U:640x480p-60
> > U:1024x768p-60
> >
> > but FB worked definitely when I used Gentoo LiveCD to install system.
>
> Do you still have the Live CD? can you boot it and see what it is using?
>
>
I have a similar laptop, with the same intel chip and intelfb also didn't
work. while vesafb works good.

Cheers!

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Re: [gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[Fernando Antunes]

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On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Alejandro <elcorreodeale@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> 2009/3/30 Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com<paul.hartman%2Bgentoo@gmail.com>
> >
>
> 2009/3/29 Sergey A. Kobzar <sergey.kobzar@mail.ru>:
>> > Hello.
>> >
>> > I have Dell Vostro 1400 with Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics
>> > Controller. It's native resolution is 1280x800.
>> >
>> > I've tried to use intelfb, but it does not work on LCD panel.
>> >
>> > uvesafb does not support wide screen resolutions. Supported
>> > resolutions are
>> >
>> > # cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes
>> > U:1024x768p-60
>> > U:800x600p-59
>> > U:640x480p-60
>> > U:1024x768p-60
>> >
>> > but FB worked definitely when I used Gentoo LiveCD to install system.
>>
>> Do you still have the Live CD? can you boot it and see what it is using?
>>
>>
> I have a similar laptop, with the same intel chip and intelfb also didn't
> work. while vesafb works good.
>
> Cheers!
>

Vesafb works fine for me too.

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Re[2]: [gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[Sergey A. Kobzar]

Monday, March 30, 2009, 7:08:40 PM, Fernando wrote:



> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Alejandro <elcorreodeale@gmail.com> wrote:


> 2009/3/30 Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>


> 2009/3/29 Sergey A. Kobzar <sergey.kobzar@mail.ru>:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I have Dell Vostro 1400 with Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics
>> Controller. It's native resolution is 1280x800.
>>
>> I've tried to use intelfb, but it does not work on LCD panel.
>>
>> uvesafb does not support wide screen resolutions. Supported
>> resolutions are
>>
>> # cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes
>> U:1024x768p-60
>> U:800x600p-59
>> U:640x480p-60
>> U:1024x768p-60
>>
>> but FB worked definitely when I used Gentoo LiveCD to install system.

> Do you still have the Live CD? can you boot it and see what it is using?





> I have a similar laptop, with the same intel chip and intelfb also
> didn't work. while vesafb works good.

> Cheers!


> Vesafb works fine for me too.

In native 1280x800 resolution?

-- 
Sergey

Re: Re[2]: [gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[Alejandro]

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2009/3/30 Sergey A. Kobzar <sergey.kobzar@mail.ru>

> Monday, March 30, 2009, 7:08:40 PM, Fernando wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Alejandro <elcorreodeale@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> > 2009/3/30 Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com<paul.hartman%2Bgentoo@gmail.com>
> >
>
>
> > 2009/3/29 Sergey A. Kobzar <sergey.kobzar@mail.ru>:
> >> Hello.
> >>
> >> I have Dell Vostro 1400 with Intel(r)GM965/PM965/GL960 Graphics
> >> Controller. It's native resolution is 1280x800.
> >>
> >> I've tried to use intelfb, but it does not work on LCD panel.
> >>
> >> uvesafb does not support wide screen resolutions. Supported
> >> resolutions are
> >>
> >> # cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes
> >> U:1024x768p-60
> >> U:800x600p-59
> >> U:640x480p-60
> >> U:1024x768p-60
> >>
> >> but FB worked definitely when I used Gentoo LiveCD to install system.
>
> > Do you still have the Live CD? can you boot it and see what it is using?
>
>
>
>
>
> > I have a similar laptop, with the same intel chip and intelfb also
> > didn't work. while vesafb works good.
>
> > Cheers!
>
>
> > Vesafb works fine for me too.
>
> In native 1280x800 resolution?
>
> --
> Sergey
>
>
>
I can't remeber but maybe is 1024x768

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Re[4]: [gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[Sergey A. Kobzar]

Monday, March 30, 2009, 8:59:58 PM, Alejandro wrote:


>> I have a similar laptop, with the same intel chip and intelfb also
>> didn't work. while vesafb works good.

>> Cheers!


>> Vesafb works fine for me too.


>> In native 1280x800 resolution?


> I can't remeber but maybe is 1024x768

I've enabled vesafb and set same settings as Gentoo LiveCD:

# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
default 0
timeout 5

title Gentoo Linux 2.6.27-r8-b0
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.27-gentoo-r8-b0 root=/dev/sda3 vga=791


# cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep FB | grep -v '^#'
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y
CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y
CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=y
CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y


# dmesg | grep vesafb
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe0000000, mapped to 0xf8a80000, using 3072k, total 7616k
vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=2048, pages=3
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: Truecolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0


But when system boots I see blank screen.

Any ideas?

# uname -rsm
Linux 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 i686


Thanks.

-- 
Sergey

Re[5]: [gentoo-user] frambuffer Dell Vostro 1400

[Sergey A. Kobzar]

Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 11:07:55 AM, Sergey wrote:

> Monday, March 30, 2009, 8:59:58 PM, Alejandro wrote:


>>> I have a similar laptop, with the same intel chip and intelfb also
>>> didn't work. while vesafb works good.

>>> Cheers!


>>> Vesafb works fine for me too.


>>> In native 1280x800 resolution?


>> I can't remeber but maybe is 1024x768

> I've enabled vesafb and set same settings as Gentoo LiveCD:

> # cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
> default 0
> timeout 5

> title Gentoo Linux 2.6.27-r8-b0
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.27-gentoo-r8-b0 root=/dev/sda3 vga=791


> # cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep FB | grep -v '^#'
> CONFIG_FB=y
> CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y
> CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y
> CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=y
> CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y
> CONFIG_FB_VESA=y


> # dmesg | grep vesafb
> vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe0000000, mapped to 0xf8a80000, using 3072k, total 7616k
> vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=2048, pages=3
> vesafb: scrolling: redraw
> vesafb: Truecolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0


> But when system boots I see blank screen.

> Any ideas?

> # uname -rsm
> Linux 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 i686


Fixed.

I forgot to add CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE. After enabling it
everything works fine. Thanks for the help!

-- 
Sergey