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PostPosted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I tried to get my vesafb working at 800x600@120Hz, but I just get 60Hz always. Then I noticed that my graphic card not might be a VBE 3.0 compatible (I'm using Ati 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X).

From dmesg I get:
Code:

vesafb: ATI Technologies Inc., MACH64GT, 01.00 (OEM: ATI MACH64)
vesafb: VBE version: 2.0
vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:4785
vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00c4829, set palette = c00c48a1
vesafb: pmi: ports = 7885 781f 78b4 78b8 7818 7814 78c0 78c3 78c1
vesafb: monitor limits: vf = 0 Hz, hf = 0 kHz, clk = 0 MHz
vesafb: scrolling: ywrap using protected mode interface, yres_virtual=10485
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xfd000000, mapped to 0xc8800000, size 8192k
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device


And from fbset:
Code:

mode "800x600-56"
    # D: 36.001 MHz, H: 35.157 kHz, V: 56.252 Hz
    geometry 800 600 800 10485 8
    timings 27777 128 24 22 1 72 2
    hsync high
    vsync high
    rgba 6/0,6/0,6/0,0/0
endmode


So seems like my graphic card isn't a VBE 3.0 compatible. Is it impossible for me to get over 60Hz with vesafb? I have used 85Hz in X with the same graphic card (not using X atm).
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Flux- wrote:


So seems like my graphic card isn't a VBE 3.0 compatible. Is it impossible for me to get over 60Hz with vesafb?


Yes that is what the vesafb patch docs say. Are you sure that you are using a rage pro and not a mach as your dmesg suggests? Why dont you use a native driver? aty128fb works for my rage 128 pro card.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mjallo

How do I get a bootsplash on my frambuffer console these are my options

Code:

grub.conf

default 0
timeout 5

splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo

root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-2.6.8 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mttr,1600x1200-32@60 splash=verbose
initrd=/boot/initrd


kernel

<*> RAM disk support
   (4096) Default RAM disk size (kbytes)
   [*]   Initial RAM disk (initrd) support
   [*] Support for Large Block Devices
...
 <*>   VESA VGA graphics support
   VESA driver type (vesafb-tng)  --->
   (1600x1200-32@60) VESA default mode
...
 <*> Virtual Frame Buffer support (ONLY FOR TESTING!)
   Console display driver support  --->
   Logo configuration  --->
   [*] Support for the framebuffer splash

fbset

mode "1600x1200-60"
    # D: 162.022 MHz, H: 75.010 kHz, V: 60.008 Hz
    geometry 1600 1200 1600 2621 32
    timings 6172 304 64 46 1 192 3
    hsync high
    vsync high
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0
endmode

I have tried to use the gentoo-highqaulity bootsplash but it doesn't show any splash...

Code:

/sbin/splash -s -f /etc/bootsplash/gentoo-highquality/config/bootsplash-1600x1200.cfg >> /boot/initrd


doesn't seem like anuone want to help...
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

memborg: You're asking about this in the wrong thread. This is about vesafb, not bootsplash/fbsplash. :?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey, I have a Dell Inspiron 8600c with an ATi Radeon 9600 128mb Pro. How can I use my native 1680x1050 resolution with vesafb/vesafb-tng/radeonfb ?

I've tried calculating the timings and putting an entry in /usr/src/linux/drivers/video/modedb.c, and then passing "video:vesafb,1680x1050-32@60" as an option but it always gives me a blank screen. 1680x1050 doesn't show up in /proc/fb0/modes.


EDIT: Never mind, it seems to work automatically out of the box with radeonfb, no patching needed, I didn't even have to specify a video mode in my bootloader.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Halanegri wrote:
Hey, I have a Dell Inspiron 8600c with an ATi Radeon 9600 128mb Pro. How can I use my native 1680x1050 resolution with vesafb/vesafb-tng/radeonfb ?

I've tried calculating the timings and putting an entry in /usr/src/linux/drivers/video/modedb.c, and then passing "video:vesafb,1680x1050-32@60" as an option but it always gives me a blank screen. 1680x1050 doesn't show up in /proc/fb0/modes.


EDIT: Never mind, it seems to work automatically out of the box with radeonfb, no patching needed, I didn't even have to specify a video mode in my bootloader.


Do your KDE, GNOME, etc, still work?

I have an Inspiron 6000 with a Radeon x300 Mobility, and a 1680x1050 native LCD.

radeonfb works for me, but conflicts with the fglrx driver anytime I try to do anything substantial in X (like a DE like KDE or GNOME)
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

if you had waited just a little bit more.... :lol:
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