Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub

2009-04-20 Thread Valmor de Almeida
Tom wrote: kernel ... video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap vga=795 That gives me 1280x1024. I don't know at what refreshrate though... There should be a line in your /var/log/messages file that shows the refresh rate; at least intelfb does show that; not sure vesafb does the same. those options, wh

Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub

2009-04-20 Thread Tom
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 > real_root=/dev/mapper/system-slash \ ro > resume=swap:/dev/mapper/system-swap vga=0x318 quiet \ > video=intelfb:1024x768...@60,mttr,noaccel,hwcursor,vram=4 \ > splash=silent,theme:natural_gentoo console=tty1 I use vesafb, my line is much more simple, just

Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub

2009-04-20 Thread Valmor de Almeida
Sebastian Günther wrote: * Valmor de Almeida (val.gen...@gmail.com) [20.04.09 23:23]: since the mode option under intelfb is useless. I could also drop the video parameter altogether since I only have the intelfb driver compiled into the kernel. Only if you don't want to use it: this paramete

Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub

2009-04-20 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Valmor de Almeida (val.gen...@gmail.com) [20.04.09 23:23]: > > since the mode option under intelfb is useless. I could also drop the > video parameter altogether since I only have the intelfb driver compiled > into the kernel. Only if you don't want to use it: this parameter is necessary to

Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub

2009-04-20 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Valmor de Almeida (val.gen...@gmail.com) [20.04.09 22:29]: > Sebastian Günther wrote: > > > > > This is the hint: intelfb can't change the video mode. But intelfb can > > be used if you /also/ add a vga to the kernel command line. I will post > > mine as an example: > > > > kernel /boot/vmli

Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub

2009-04-20 Thread Valmor de Almeida
Mike Edenfield wrote: these log messages. I assume this is a laptop (or else your intelfb is very confused). For some reason that I don't fully understand, but It is a laptop indeed. assume is a good one, the intel fb device cannot change the video mode on a laptop display. The vga par

Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub

2009-04-20 Thread Valmor de Almeida
Peter Humphrey wrote: kernel /boot/kernel-x86_64-2.6.29-gentoo-r1 root=/dev/md0 vga=0x31A video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap fbcon=scrollback:128k splash=silent memory_corruption_check=1 Thanks for letting me know the fbcon=scrollback option. -- Valmor

Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub

2009-04-20 Thread Valmor de Almeida
Sebastian Günther wrote: This is the hint: intelfb can't change the video mode. But intelfb can be used if you /also/ add a vga to the kernel command line. I will post mine as an example: kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/mapper/system-slash \ ro resume=swap:/dev/mapper/sy

Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub

2009-04-20 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 4/20/2009 2:47 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: but no luck (that is I get the 80x25 console). The only working format appears to be kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 vga=xxx This is the only correct syntax for the intelfb device, because of Apr 20 14:27:54 dcpl-lpt1 [ 0.173678] intelfb: N

Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub

2009-04-20 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 20 April 2009 19:47:15 Valmor de Almeida wrote: > I've been trying the following grub.conf boot > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 video=intelfb,mode=1280x768...@60 > but no luck (that is I get the 80x25 console). The only working format > appears to be > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=

Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub

2009-04-20 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Valmor de Almeida (val.gen...@gmail.com) [20.04.09 20:48]: > > Hello, > > I've been trying the following grub.conf boot > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 video=intelfb,mode=1280x768...@60 > > but no luck (that is I get the 80x25 console). The only working format > appears to be > > ke

[gentoo-user] intelfb usage in grub

2009-04-20 Thread Valmor de Almeida
Hello, I've been trying the following grub.conf boot kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 video=intelfb,mode=1280x768...@60 but no luck (that is I get the 80x25 console). The only working format appears to be kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 vga=xxx where xxx does not accommodate the mod