On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:00:11 +0200, LeVA wrote: > Hi! > > I have installed a matrox g200 video card. I compiled the kernel with fb > devices etc.. etc.. > With the fbset program program I can setup my resolutions, and refresh > rates fine, but what is in the fb.modes file, is not enough for me. I > wish to add some other res, and refresh modes, but I don't know how to > figure out these values: > > mode "1024x768-100" > # D: 110.0 MHz, H: 79.023 kHz, V: 99.78 Hz > geometry 1024 768 1024 768 8 > timings 9091 280 0 16 0 88 8 > endmode > > I want to add a 1024x768-85 but, don't know how to reckon geometry and > timings values. > If somebody can, please let me know how. > > The other question is, how to set up at boot time, that _all_ of my > consoles get the appropriate fb values. Switching to every console, and > typing 'fbset 1024x768-75' is boring :). > > Thanks! > > Daniel Levai > > -- > LeVA > >
As another poster suggested, modeline2fb will be of enormous help with this. I have a matrox G550 card that I use with the framebuffer with great results. What I did was started up X with the resolutions that I wanted, and grabbed the modelines that were output in /var/log/Xfree86?.log file. Then I ran modeline2fb on these X modelines to generate the fb values. I added the lines output from modeline2fb to /etc/fb.modes, gave each resolution a useful name and voila. It all worked really smoothly for me - the fb mode was always aligned, sized, etc just as well as my X session. HTH -Drew -- In God we trust; all others we monitor. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
