Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Nov 2004 16:59:25 -0600 | From | "Camilo A. Reyes" <> | Subject | Re: Console 80x50 SVGA |
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On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 03:12:22PM -0600, Camilo A. Reyes wrote: > On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 08:43:43PM +0100, Jurriaan wrote: > > From: Camilo A. Reyes <camilo@leamonde.no-ip.org> > > Date: Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 12:41:12PM -0600 > > > > > > If I may ask what vga number are you using to set it to 1024x768. > > > I believe I have tried it before with no success, but I'm willing > > > to try again. > > > > Might I again refer you to google? > > > > Searching for 'linux framebuffer 1024x768 vga=' gives me 11.800 hits, > > which surely is enough to choose from. Also, this is mentioned in > > /usr/src/linux-<whatever version>/Documentation/fb/<somefile, depending > > on your framebuffer, which you didn't mention>. Those docs were lovingly > > crafted by kernel hackers hoping to answer all the questions users may > > have, so it would be a shame not to use them, right? > > > > Good luck, > > Jurriaan > > -- > > A seminar on Time Travel will be held two weeks ago. > > Debian (Unstable) GNU/Linux 2.6.9-mm1 2x6078 bogomips load 0.05 > > Actually I knew what the answer to that question was, its 795 for 1024x768 > and 32 bpp, I was just asking to check for consistency. :-P Anyhow, that > documentation talks about using fbset, I gave that a shot and now my entire > tty is dead. :-( It also mentions lots of bugs, hmmm not sure if it's even > worth looking deeper into this. But let me set up some kernel parameters > and restart my system to see what happens, I always refrain from restarting > the system, but oh well. > > BTW, my framebuffer its the aty128fb. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Looks like we have success, I recompiled the kernel with the following options turned on:
Video mode selection support: y Select compiled-in fonts: VGA 8x16 font: y
Then I added this line to my grub.conf file:
video=aty128fb:1028x768 vga=792
Not sure if the vga part makes any difference, my educated guess is that it doesn't. But this setup will allow for a console that is 129x47 lines. (yay!)
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