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bsolar
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 Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 1:28 pm Post subject: Framebuffer resolution |
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Hi,
I have a problem with framebuffer. I like to have my console at 1024x768 and configuring the kernel allowing VESA framebuffer I can append VGA=791 in grub.conf. This works.
This seems not possible with the appropriate support for my card, the ATI Radeon. I got framebuffer but at 1600x1200, too high resolution. VGA=791 seems to do nothing. Menuconfig says the support for Radeon is EXPERIMENTAL but I don't know if this is related. I use 2.4.20-gentoo-r1.
There is a way to go at a lower resolution or I have to switch back to generic VESA framebuffer suport?
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yngwin
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| Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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You should have a look in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/atifb I think. At least for my Matrox Millenium G550 there is a matroxfb there which explains about the options. You should have your kernel compiled with vgacon and atifb, but without vesafb and DRI. Then you can append an option video=ati:....(whatever is appropriate) which should do the trick.
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bsolar
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| Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 12:11 am Post subject: |
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I have not found the right doc but reading I decided to execute fbset at startup.
It's not what I was looking for but it does the job.
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Kot-II
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| Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: Framebuffer resolution |
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| bsolar wrote: | Hi,
There is a way to go at a lower resolution or I have to switch back to generic VESA framebuffer suport?
Thanks in advance... |
For VESA fb use "video=vesafb VGA=xxx" kernel parameters
For Radeon try "video=radeonfb:<mode>", where mode is <xres>x<yres>[-<bpp>][@<refresh>] (list of predefined modes in drivers/video/modedb.c) |
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bsolar
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| Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: Framebuffer resolution |
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| Kot-II wrote: | For VESA fb use "video=vesafb VGA=xxx" kernel parameters
For Radeon try "video=radeonfb:<mode>", where mode is <xres>x<yres>[-<bpp>][@<refresh>] (list of predefined modes in drivers/video/modedb.c) |
It doesn't work... in dmesg I got this:
| Code: | radeonfb: ref_clk=2700, ref_div=60, xclk=16600 from BIOS
radeonfb: panel ID string: 1600x1200
radeonfb: detected DFP panel size from BIOS: 1600x1200
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x75
radeonfb: ATI Radeon M6 LY DDR SGRAM 16 MB
radeonfb: DVI port LCD monitor connected
radeonfb: CRT port no monitor connected |
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aja
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| Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2003 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you prepending "0x" to your vga setting in the kernel parameters? I.e. 0x791 - I seemto recall I had some weirdness before I added that. |
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bsolar
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| Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2003 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Nothing to do, it says it's a wrong option and asks for a different mode. Note that no matter the mode I select, I always end with 1600x1200. |
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aja
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| Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2003 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Never mind. I'm an idiot. I was misremembering - it was the other way around (I had 0x and wasn't supposed to). Pretend you never heard of me. |
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deuce
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| Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 6:21 pm Post subject: Re: Framebuffer resolution |
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| Kot-II wrote: | | bsolar wrote: | Hi,
There is a way to go at a lower resolution or I have to switch back to generic VESA framebuffer suport?
Thanks in advance... |
For VESA fb use "video=vesafb VGA=xxx" kernel parameters
For Radeon try "video=radeonfb:<mode>", where mode is <xres>x<yres>[-<bpp>][@<refresh>] (list of predefined modes in drivers/video/modedb.c) |
It should be "video=radeon:<mode>" |
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