From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-182340-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE1511382C5 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:39:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 03ED0E0BFF; Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:39:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blaine.gmane.org (unknown [195.159.176.226]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7A5C0E0BE4 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:39:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from <lnx-gentoo-user@m.gmane.org>) id 1egsZ3-0001CH-RY for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:36:37 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> Subject: [gentoo-user] New install .. no high res console during boot. Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:38:32 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <x6shamjgh3.fsf@newsguy.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gfqRZXYO+wsItDl7zAZXrSNy5Po= X-Archives-Salt: a9df9440-5983-4abe-ba69-0e9f533ea3ef X-Archives-Hash: 6018e5dfa5f524a9154152548a5fcf2b Setup: Installing gentoo-17 as guest in Vbox vm on solaris-11 HOST (openindiana (powered by Illumos)) VBox 5.6.2 Kernel-4.15.0 grub2 I'm a litte confused about how to enable a high res framebuffer console. At gentoo pages: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Xorg/Guide#Kernel_modesetting I've followed the directions there as far as I could. lspci on a chroot does not show a driver for the: Innotek Systemberatung Gmbh VirtualBox Graphics Adapter. And I find nothing about Innotek searching with '/' in menuconfig. So could not make any specific settings like those shows on the gentoo wiki pages for nVidia and AND/ATI Other pages such as https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Fbsplash seem to indicate I would need to create an initramfs. The first page cited near the top of post .. tells you NOT to set some of the things the citation containing fbsplash (above) tell you to set. Such as <*> Userspace VESA VGA [*] Vesa VGA Is something outdate in one of those pages? Can someone using the kernel framebuffer explain how to do it on gentoo guest of vm?