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salsashark
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 Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2002 2:52 pm Post subject: Initial famebuffer size and default window-manager |
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I wasn't sure where to post this, but this seems more of a newbie question than a Desktop question. I have installed and love the Gentoo distribution. Coming from a long-time (3 years) RedHat base, I have always taken for granted the X-Configuration, and the switchdesk command. I compiled my kernel with framebuffer support, and the initial console comes up in my framebuffer perfectly. What I would like to do now is change the resolution size to a default of 1280x1024. How can I do this?
Also, I installed KDE to give it a try instead of my Gnome, but I am so dependent on 'switchdesk' I have no idea which configuration file to change to rid myself of that horrid twm. I want my framebuffer console as my default boot-up, and be able to run startx from the command line and jump right into my KDE session when I do need it. The excellent install guide covered kwm, etc, but this is a login manager, and I just want to be able to start/stop X from the console. I'm a command line junkie and want to stay that way. What do I need to tweak? (grep twm * yields nothing)
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static
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All I can say here (and hope I'm helpin' ya) is edit ~/.xinitrc and put "exec startkde" in it. (no quotes) Now KDE starts when you type "startx"
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salsashark
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| Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2002 3:16 pm Post subject: Thanks |
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Thanks! So I don't have to remove TWM from anything?
It's amazing how dependent one can get on those crutches like switchdesk.
Now I only have to track down the resolution in my initial framebuffer! |
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static
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About the crutches - yeah - that's what I was saying too in a thread somewhere here about using the default commands and not aliases (and using vi or vim instead of nana/pico/joe) because if you switch boxes or distros, you can be screwed by a lack of knowledge/flexibility.
I've gotta change the fb res too!
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salsashark
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| Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2002 3:32 pm Post subject: crutch |
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| I just wound up running an emerge vim and after it was complete I threw a ln /usr/bin/vim /usr/bin/vi because I'm lazy like that! |
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mboehlig
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| Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2002 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: Change the initial frame buffer resolution |
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| static wrote: | About the crutches - yeah - that's what I was saying too in a thread somewhere here about using the default commands and not aliases (and using vi or vim instead of nana/pico/joe) because if you switch boxes or distros, you can be screwed by a lack of knowledge/flexibility.
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Hi
Take a look at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt.
You need to include a number from the kernel mode table. You have to install vesa frame buffer into your kernel for this to work.
You can select the mode by putting vga=number in /etc/lilo.conf if you use lilo. Grub is similar but I don't use it so I don't know.
The number has to be the number from the tabel (hex) converted into decimal. Decimal is base 10 meaning: 968 = 9 * 10^2 + 6 * 10^1 + 8 * 10^0 = 900 + 60 + 8 = 968. Hex is base 16 meaning: 0x314 = 3 * 16^2 + 1 * 16^1 + 4 * 16^0 = 3 * 286 + 1 * 16 + 4 * 1 = 768 + 16 + 4 = 788 decimal (my favorite rez).
I would recommend putting vga=ask in lilo.conf first so you can test which resolutions work. Lilo will bring up a menu at startup. Here you enter hex, not decimal, straight from the kernel mode table.
As a bonus, you get a cool penguin logo when you boot up!
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tooobi
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| Posted: Wed May 01, 2002 9:42 pm Post subject: Re: Initial famebuffer size and default window-manager |
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| salsashark wrote: |
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Also, I installed KDE to give it a try instead of my Gnome, but I am so dependent on 'switchdesk' I have no idea which configuration file to change to rid myself of that horrid twm.
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I'm a command line junkie and want to stay that way. What do I need to tweak? |
simply edit /etc/rc.conf.
there is a variable called XSESSION
this is the value, that controls the default of startx, xdm and xinit.
have a look at the appropriate stanza in /etc/rc.conf.
my /etc/rc.conf:
> grep "XSESSION=" /etc/rc.conf
XSESSION=kde-3.0
hope, this is (partly), what you need.
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