could you take a look please at belows bug report, regarding tridentfb. from a quick look at the bk-commit-list i didn't see a patch that could have fixed that inbetween since 2.6.11, bu of course i may be wrong. thanks for your feedback.
On Tue, 03 May 2005, Marco Presi (Zufus) wrote: > Package: kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686 > Version: 2.6.11-3 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > according to documentation shipped with kernel sources > (kernel-sources-.../Documentation/fb/tridentfb.txt), it should be > possible to set virtual consoles resolution using tridentfb driver. > > I used this (and many other) parameters: > > video=tridentfb:1024x768,bpp=16 > > The tridentfb is loaded, during the boot, but the resolution is > always set to 640x480 and the screen is broken. > > Launching > > "fbset 1024x768-60" > > after login, solves the problem. However, the switch "-a" of fbset > seems not to work. > > I tried this on a laptop with a Trident CyberBlade XPA1i. > > dmesg related output is: > > tridentfb: framebuffer size = 16384 Kb > tridentfb: 0000:01:00.0 board found > tridentfb: 1024x768 flat panel found > tridentfb: fb0: Trident frame buffer device 640x480-8bpp > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30 > > > Ciao Ciao > > Marco > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1 > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686 > Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: > LC_ALL set to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686 depends on: > ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities > ii initrd-tools 0.1.78 tools to create initrd image for > p > ii module-init-tools 3.2-pre1-2 tools for managing Linux kernel > mo > > -- no debconf information > > -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
