Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:27:49 +0100 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: vesa fb in -bk gives too many console lines |
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 11:25:46PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> In the latest -bk tree, using the vesa fb driver, I get a window that is > much too big for my screen. I'm using "vga=0x0305" as a command line > option, which I've been using for years on this box, and when the fb > code kicks in, it creates a screen that has more lines than are > displayed on the monitor (text lines that is). I can see 48 lines, but > it's acting like there are more that that present. > > Is this just an operator error, in that I need to provide a different > command line option now for the size of the console screen?
I've seen this happen too, and a box that worked fine with vga=791 before now gets me a screen full of garbage. I think something got broken somewhere along the lines.
> Here's the relevant portions of the boot messages:
<snip zillions of EDID junk>
> p.s. nice boot messages, I know now that the usb code will stop taking > the heat for abusing the kernel log :)
That is in the 'taking the piss' category for voluminous output. I hope its planned to be quitened down somewhat when we get closer to 2.6. AIUI, there are userspace tools that dump all that info anyway for interested parties.
Dave
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