rivafb help

dadexter · 2005-03-24 22:29:05

I'm at a loss here and I really don't know what to do...

I am trying to setup my framebuffer using rivafb. whenever I boot, I end up with a 640x480 framebuffer.

My grub config has:
video=rivafb:1280x1024-60

I tried 1024x768-16@60, and some more like that...

the funny thing is that if I run fbset 1280x1024-60, I get a nice 1280x1024 console... any ideas?

btw, when I use vga=795 to get vesafb, I get an "invalid mode specified"

i3839 · 2005-03-24 23:00:22

I use the following without problems:

video=rivafb:1024x768-16@70

Do you have the rivafb built in or as module? If it's a module then it's no wonder that it doesn't work. I don't know if it works to enable both vesa and rivafb at the same time.

Mind that in newer kernels (it's in 2.6.12-rc1) there is nvidiafb, which should be better for TNT and newer cards. I didn't try it yet though.

dadexter · 2005-03-25 06:07:39

when the module loads... the only thing I see that could cause problems is that vesafb is probably built-in...

I have read though that people got something out of rivafb built as module... I just can't for some reason

smith · 2005-03-25 06:38:08

You can check dmesg for anything regarding vesafb.

dadexter · 2005-03-25 14:37:28

nothing about vesafb... I removed the vga= line so there shouldn't be anything there either

i3839 · 2005-03-25 19:40:20

If you have it as module then giving the parameters in Grub won't work. You probably need to add them some way to modules.conf.

dadexter · 2005-03-28 15:23:23

hummm... I'll look into that

it would make sense that it ignores the parameters passed through grub, because if I use "video=rivafb:mode-etc" I get the the same behaviour as using "video=rivafb"

It would be really nice to get the framebuffer at 1280x1024, since I managed to make a PKGBUILD for Twin that works... it would be like having a DE in console

neotuli · 2005-03-31 03:11:58

how does one go about using the framebuffer (riva) and nvidia's own drivers at the same time? Last time I tried, it didn't let me.

i3839 · 2005-03-31 10:10:16

You shouldn't, as they trip on eachothers toes. I've used the nv drivers together with rivafb and that work perfectly. It's the price you pay for closed source drivers.

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rivafb help

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