will these dups from DT&T never stop? (RE: Bootsplash)

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Radi · Post by **Radi** » Tue May 13, 2003 2:43 pm

Hello, i have tried some modifications, but i have one major problem,

My Flat Screen always says "to high frequency"

I think that the horizontal frequency is not the problem, because i can set it, e.g. vesa:1280x1024@60 , so it must be the vertical frequeny, how can i set this one?

link97381 · Post by **link97381** » Tue May 13, 2003 10:30 pm

I didn't even specify a frequency with my lcd and it works fine.....have you tried it without the @60?

Loial · Post by **Loial** » Tue May 20, 2003 7:57 pm

Searching the web I found some websites that give the 1600x1200 values to be passed in the 'vga=' kernel parameter. They say it is best to use vga=ask in your config file (/etc/lilo.conf (I think) or /boot/grub/grub.conf) at first and try the values mentioned in this table:

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Table For Boot Process When Using vga=ask (Hexadecimal values)
Color Depth / Resolution	640x480	800x600	1024x768	1280x1024	1600x1200
  256  (8 Bit)	0301	0303	0305	0307	031C
32768 (15 Bit)	0310	0313	0316	0319	031D
65536 (16 Bit)	0311	0314	0317	031A	031E
16,8M (24 Bit)	0312	0315	0318	031B	031F

Once you find a resolution/color depth you like, you can replace the vga=ask by e.g. vga=0x31A or by other values in this table:

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Table of VALUES for /etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub/grub.conf
Color Depth / Resolution	640x480	800x600	1024x768	1280x1024	1600x1200
  256  (8 Bit)	769	771	773	775	796
32768 (15 Bit)	784	787	790	793	797
65536 (16 Bit)	785	788	791	794	798
16,8M (24 Bit)	786	789	792	795	799

AFAIK both hexadecimal (table 1) and decimal (table 2) values are supposed to work, but I have had mixed results. Using table 1 with the hexadecimal values has worked best for me, but your mileage may vary.

Unfortunately the 1600x1200 values mentioned here do not work for me

Don't ask me why. They are supposed to work.

I am currently using vga=0x346 (I can't remember where I found that value) which is 838 in decimal notation and that does work for 1600x1200. I'm not sure exactly what the colordepth is, but I think it was 16 Bit. I also tried some values above and below 0x346 for other color depths, but this was the best I could get to work on my Geforce2 GTS.

Here is part of my /boot/grub/grub.conf:

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title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /bzImage root=/dev/hda3 hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi vga=0x346 video=vesa:mtrr,ywrap:1600x1200@60

I haven't tried the boot splash yet, but it looks very impressing. I'll give it a go shortly.

Update
I have just emerged it and patched kernel and rebuild it, so far so good. I was about to copy the initrd to /boot when I noticed there isn't a 1600x1200 initrd. How does one obtain one?

maranik · Post by **maranik** » Wed May 21, 2003 1:24 am

Hi Guys,
when i try to patch my kernel (gentoo-sources r5)
i receive the following errors:

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maraniki src # patch -p0 < bootsplash-3.0.7-2.4.20-vanilla.diff
patching file linux/drivers/char/console.c
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected!  Assume -R? [n] y
patching file linux/drivers/char/keyboard.c
patching file linux/drivers/char/n_tty.c
patching file linux/drivers/video/Config.in
Hunk #1 succeeded at 232 (offset 10 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 369 (offset 10 lines).
patching file linux/drivers/video/Makefile
The next patch would create the file linux/drivers/video/fbcon-jpegdec.c,
which already exists!  Assume -R? [n] y
patching file linux/drivers/video/fbcon-jpegdec.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 1.
File linux/drivers/video/fbcon-jpegdec.c is not empty after patch, as expected
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file linux/drivers/video/fbcon-jpegdec.c.rej
patching file linux/drivers/video/fbcon-jpegdec.h
The next patch would create the file linux/drivers/video/fbcon-splash.c,
which already exists!  Assume -R? [n] y
patching file linux/drivers/video/fbcon-splash.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 1.
File linux/drivers/video/fbcon-splash.c is not empty after patch, as expected
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file linux/drivers/video/fbcon-splash.c.rej
The next patch would create the file linux/drivers/video/fbcon-splash.h,
which already exists!  Assume -R? [n] y
patching file linux/drivers/video/fbcon-splash.h
Hunk #1 FAILED at 1.
File linux/drivers/video/fbcon-splash.h is not empty after patch, as expected
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file linux/drivers/video/fbcon-splash.h.rej
The next patch would create the file linux/drivers/video/fbcon-splash16.c,
which already exists!  Assume -R? [n] y
patching file linux/drivers/video/fbcon-splash16.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 1.
File linux/drivers/video/fbcon-splash16.c is not empty after patch, as expected
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file linux/drivers/video/fbcon-splash16.c.rej
patching file linux/drivers/video/fbcon.c
Hunk #4 FAILED at 522.
Hunk #5 succeeded at 578 (offset 20 lines).
Hunk #6 FAILED at 727.
Hunk #7 succeeded at 803 with fuzz 2 (offset 12 lines).
Hunk #8 succeeded at 1404 (offset 20 lines).
Hunk #9 succeeded at 1459 (offset 12 lines).
Hunk #10 succeeded at 1586 (offset 20 lines).
Hunk #11 succeeded at 1595 (offset 12 lines).
Hunk #12 FAILED at 1658.
Hunk #13 succeeded at 1735 (offset 47 lines).
Hunk #14 succeeded at 1893 (offset 12 lines).
Hunk #15 succeeded at 2363 with fuzz 1 (offset 47 lines).
Hunk #16 FAILED at 2627.
4 out of 16 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file linux/drivers/video/fbcon.c.rej
patching file linux/include/video/fbcon.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 100 with fuzz 2 (offset 58 lines).
Hunk #2 FAILED at 182.
1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file linux/include/video/fbcon.h.rej
patching file linux/kernel/panic.c
Hunk #2 succeeded at 102 with fuzz 2.

Please Help Me.

Maranik

Narada · Post by **Narada** » Wed May 21, 2003 1:33 am

There is no need to patch gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r5 since most kernels including gentoo-sources include this patch by default. Please first check if your kernel has it before applying the patch manually. Since you have already attempted to apply it however you shall now have to start with a fresh kernel tree by doing as below.

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mv /usr/src/linux/.config ~/gentoo-sources.config
emerge -C gentoo-sources
emerge --prune gentoo-sources
rm -rf /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo*
emerge gentoo-sources
mv ~/gentoo-sources.config /usr/src/linux/
cd /usr/src/linux
make oldconfig
make menuconfig

Narada · Post by **Narada** » Wed May 21, 2003 1:35 am

Loial wrote:I have just emerged it and patched kernel and rebuild it, so far so good. I was about to copy the initrd to /boot when I noticed there isn't a 1600x1200 initrd. How does one obtain one?

Try the "bootsplash at 1600x1200 config" bug report. It isn't officially in the gentoo bootsplash package yet.

maranik · Post by **maranik** » Wed May 21, 2003 6:32 am

Thanks a lot.
Now all is ok.

Maranik

ReiNi23 · Post by **ReiNi23** » Mon May 26, 2003 12:34 pm

I must be overlooking something, but can't find out wat... All my TTY's exept voor TTY0 have silent plashes, but I just want them to be normal TTY's with a normal splash...

Anybody got a clue where to fix that?

Thanx in advance!

micha · Post by **micha** » Mon May 26, 2003 1:24 pm

Hi,

ReiNi23 wrote:I must be overlooking something, but can't find out wat... All my TTY's exept voor TTY0 have silent plashes, but I just want them to be normal TTY's with a normal splash...

Anybody got a clue where to fix that?

Thanx in advance!

In /etc/init.d/bootsplash change the line:

/sbin/splash -s -u $TTY /etc/bootsplash/${BOOTSPLASH_THEME}/config/bootsplash-$(/sbin/fbresolution).cfg

to

/sbin/splash -s -u $TTY -n /etc/bootsplash/${BOOTSPLASH_THEME}/config/bootsplash-$(/sbin/fbresolution).cfg

micha

ReiNi23 · Post by **ReiNi23** » Mon May 26, 2003 2:16 pm

Great Micha! That did the trick, thanx!

BonezTheGoon · Post by **BonezTheGoon** » Tue May 27, 2003 8:06 pm

If you have any question why these posts where split out into this thread please see my post in the original thread for clarification.

Regards,
BonezTheGoon

will these dups from DT&T never stop? (RE: Bootsplash)

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