Re: hi-res fb console with 2.6.0-testX ?

[Dave Jones]

On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 09:51:51PM +0200, cheapisp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
 > The kernel command lines which work with vesafb and matroxfb in 2.4 do not 
 > work for me in 2.6.0-testX.                                                
 >                                    
 > kernel (hd0,0)/bz-2.6.0-t4mm3 root=/dev/hdc2 video=matrox:vesa:0x11A       
 > kernel (hd0,0)/bz-2.6.0-t4mm3 root=/dev/hdc2 vga=794                       
 >                                    
 > both result in something resembling a Vesa 101 mode under 2.6.0-test4-mm3. 
 >                                    
 > (640x480, 60 Hz)                                                           
 >                                    
 > I'd expect 1280x1024 in 60 Hz, which is what I get with a 2.4 kernel.      

vga= seems to have changed semantics. (Which is a polite way of saying
"has regressed" IMO), this has been reported several times before, but
it doesn't seem to be too high on peoples 'must fix' list.

 > Doing fbset "vesa11A" causes the monitor to lose the sync.                 

last I looked, fbset needed updates for the changes in 2.6

		Dave

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 Dave Jones     http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
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