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Hajo Piltz
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 Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:44 pm Post subject: Framebuffer 1024x768 not using the whole screen on laptop |
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I followed chapter 2.1 of this guide to get a "larger" console, leaving out all the gensplash and splashutils stuff.
1024x768 being the native resolution of my laptop screen, I tried vesafb-tng (with its video=1024x768_24@60 etc.) and the standard vesafb (both with vga=0x318 and vga=792) and something has changed, but not quite as expected:
The font appears actually smaller and so I am partially successful at getting more on the screen, but it does not use all of the screen! During one boot, some error colored the unused area in green, which makes the phenomenon obvious:
Screenshot (Photo)
I think, this also means, that the area in question is not *really* unused but just not used by the console.
My question is: Where do I have to look? Fonts maybe?
Thank you
Hajo
| Code: | # hwinfo --framebuffer
02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer
[Created at bios.447]
Unique ID: rdCR.T0uJMm5AF43
Hardware Class: framebuffer
Model: "S3 Incorporated. Twister BIOS VBE 2.0"
Vendor: "S3 Incorporated."
Device: "VBE 2.0"
SubVendor: "S3 Incorporated. Twister BIOS"
SubDevice:
Revision: "Rev 1.1"
Memory Size: 30 MB + 960 kB
Memory Range: 0x90000000-0x91eeffff (rw)
Mode 0x0300: 640x400 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+800), 8 bits
Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits
Mode 0x0307: 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bits
Mode 0x030e: 320x200 (+640), 16 bits
Mode 0x030f: 320x200 (+1280), 24 bits
Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits
Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits
Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits
Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits
Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits
Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits
Mode 0x031a: 1280x1024 (+2560), 16 bits
Mode 0x031b: 1280x1024 (+5120), 24 bits
Mode 0x031d: 640x400 (+1280), 16 bits
Mode 0x031e: 640x400 (+2560), 24 bits
Mode 0x0320: 1600x1200 (+1600), 8 bits
Mode 0x0322: 1600x1200 (+3200), 16 bits
Mode 0x0324: 1600x1200 (+6400), 24 bits
Mode 0x032e: 320x200 (+320), 8 bits
Mode 0x0331: 320x240 (+320), 8 bits
Mode 0x0333: 320x240 (+640), 16 bits
Mode 0x0334: 320x240 (+1280), 24 bits
Mode 0x033b: 1400x1050 (+1400), 8 bits
Mode 0x033c: 1400x1050 (+2800), 16 bits
Mode 0x033e: 1400x1050 (+5600), 24 bits
Mode 0x0341: 400x300 (+400), 8 bits
Mode 0x0343: 400x300 (+800), 16 bits
Mode 0x0344: 400x300 (+1600), 24 bits
Mode 0x0351: 512x384 (+512), 8 bits
Mode 0x0353: 512x384 (+1024), 16 bits
Mode 0x0354: 512x384 (+2048), 24 bits
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown |
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Hajo Piltz
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you, I compiled them in. How do I tell the console to use them? |
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Hajo Piltz
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Very simple (I'm using Grub):
| Code: | title Gentoo
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.21-suspend2-r7 root=/dev/hda4 |
I manually add vga=792 using Grubs edit-feature until I've figured out something that works... Then I'll add that permanently.
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Hajo Piltz
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Yes, I've read some...
As it seems that neither vga= nor video= have any influence on how my console looks, I guess something is missing in my kernel. It should be generally possible, because the live CDs work quite well...
I'm already using vesafb over vesafb-tng. What is the best way to copy paste the relevant parts of my config here?
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