[gentoo-user] Whether Gentoo framebuffer console support 1280*800?

[gentoo-user] Whether Gentoo framebuffer console support 1280*800?

[Astomi Chen]

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Hi gentoo friends,

I'm a newbie in gentoo world.

I follow Gentoo Handbook to installl a new sytem in Vmware. My question is
the new system console is 800*600. I want to change to 1280*800(my laptop in
windows in this szie).

I search in Gentoo Forums, find a thread
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=49036 about this topic.

If I add video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x317 in grub, system.failed to start.



Many thanks for any hint and advcies.


*My menu.lst*

default 0
timeout 10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo
root=(hd0,0)
kernel=(hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3 *video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr
vga=0x317*

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Re: [gentoo-user] Whether Gentoo framebuffer console support 1280*800?

[Justin]

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Astomi Chen schrieb:
> Hi gentoo friends,
>
> I'm a newbie in gentoo world.
>
> I follow Gentoo Handbook to installl a new sytem in Vmware. My 
> question is the new system console is 800*600. I want to change to 
> 1280*800(my laptop in windows in this szie).
>
> I search in Gentoo Forums, find a thread 
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=49036 about this topic.
>
> If I add video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x317 in grub, system.failed to 
> start.
>
>  
>
> Many thanks for any hint and advcies.
>
>
> *My menu.lst*
>
> default 0
> timeout 10
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>
> title=Gentoo
> root=(hd0,0)
> kernel=(hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3 *video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr 
> vga=0x317*
>
>  
http://gentoo-wiki.com/Fbsplash#GRUB_Example

But read the rest of the articel concerning the installation of vesafb 
and framebuffer support in general.


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[gentoo-user] Re: Whether Gentoo framebuffer console support 1280*800?

[»Q«]

On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:52:05 +0800
"Astomi Chen" <astomister@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi gentoo friends,
> 
> I'm a newbie in gentoo world.
> 
> I follow Gentoo Handbook to installl a new sytem in Vmware. My
> question is the new system console is 800*600. I want to change to
> 1280*800(my laptop in windows in this szie).
> 
> I search in Gentoo Forums, find a thread
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=49036 about this topic.
> 
> If I add video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x317 in grub, system.failed to
> start.

<http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/>
-- 
»Q«
     Kleeneness is next to Gödelness.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Whether Gentoo framebuffer console support 1280*800?

[Astomi Chen]

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Thank you Justin and >>Q<<.

I will give a try this night.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Whether Gentoo framebuffer console support 1280*800?

[Conway S. Smith]

On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:41:45 -0500
»Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:52:05 +0800
> "Astomi Chen" <astomister@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi gentoo friends,
> > 
> > I'm a newbie in gentoo world.
> > 
> > I follow Gentoo Handbook to installl a new sytem in Vmware. My
> > question is the new system console is 800*600. I want to change to
> > 1280*800(my laptop in windows in this szie).
> > 
> > I search in Gentoo Forums, find a thread
> > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=49036 about this topic.
> > 
> > If I add video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x317 in grub, system.failed
> > to start.
> 
> <http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/>

In my experience, uvesafb is slower & doesn't actually support any
more resolutions than vesafb, so I don't use it myself; other than
one really nifty uvesafb has.  It probes the video card & attached
display to determine supported modes, and provides that list in
/sys/devices/platform/uvesafb.0/vbe_modes.  So I'll use uvesafb to
get that list, and choose a resolution I want from it, and then use
vesafb w/ that video mode.


YMMV,
Conway S. Smith
-- 
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that, it's all
learned. (Bruce Ediger, bediger@teal.csn.org, in comp.os.linux.misc,
on X interfaces.)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Whether Gentoo framebuffer console support 1280*800?

[Astomi Chen]

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http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/

I follow this guide compile the kernel, add
video=uvesafb:1024x768-32,mtrr:3,ywrap line to grub kernel command line.

The framebuffer size didn't change, one more problem the console is very
slow. When I input one character from keyboard, it respond 1 second later. I
checked the system status(Top, free -m) it seems no problem.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Whether Gentoo framebuffer console support 1280*800?

[sean]

Astomi Chen wrote:
> http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/
> 
> I follow this guide compile the kernel, add 
> video=uvesafb:1024x768-32,mtrr:3,ywrap line to grub kernel command line.
> 
> The framebuffer size didn't change, one more problem the console is very 
> slow. When I input one character from keyboard, it respond 1 second 
> later. I checked the system status(Top, free -m) it seems no problem.
> 
> 

Here is mine, if it helps.
vga=0x31B video=vesafb:1280x1024-16,mtrr:3,ywrap

Perhaps you need the vga statement for your option at the beginning?