Full Screen Terminal

zaratustra_20 · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 5:44 pm Post subject: Full Screen Terminal

I'm running Gentoo 2006.1 @ IBM Z60m with i810 graphic chipset and 1280x800 LCD
I'd like to setup framebuffer to get fullscreen terminal in ttyNs where is no X running... everything I tried ends with no result.
Can anyone tell me everything I need to configure to get it? Bootsplash isn't what I want or need, only fullscreen terminal

no_hope · Guru Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Posts: 482

did you try https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-49036-highlight-framebuffer.html ?

zaratustra_20 · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:23 pm Post subject:

yes, when I use vesafb, tells me that I choosed undefined mode number...

zaratustra_20 · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject:

I solved it... sorry for opening new thread without searching enough

linuxtuxhellsinki · l33t Joined: 15 Nov 2004 Posts: 700 Location: Hellsinki

Then maybe you'd add the solution to here for others trying to find answer for it and [Solved] to your first post's subject

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zaratustra_20 · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:34 pm Post subject:

no problem, for me, is was trivial after a little more search

For people with hardver same as mine, (speaking of i810), no not enable it in kernel, enable vesafb-tng... if you use newer one (I suppouse), there will be an option where you can set your deafult resolution, below a vesa option, so set it to yours and recompile kernel. This solved my problem. Edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst and voila

no_hope · Guru Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Posts: 482