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shved

Member

Registered: 2012-12-11

Posts: 54

uvesafb trouble

Hi,
I'm trying to run uvesafb, using this wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Uvesafb
my /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=3
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Arch"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"# video=uvesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap,1920x1080-32"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="quiet"# video=uvesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap,1920x1080-32"

GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"

GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console

GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true

my /etc/mkinitcpio.conf:

MODULES="nvidia"
BINARIES=""
FILES="/usr/lib/modprobe.d/uvesafb.conf"
HOOKS="base udev v86d autodetect block lvm2 filesystems keyboard fsck"

my /usr/lib/modprobe.d/uvesafb.conf:

options uvesafb mode_option=1024x768-32 scroll=ywrap

my videocard is

VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce GTS 250] (rev a2)

with nvidia driver.

The problem is there no /sys/bus/platform/drivers/uvesafb directory in sysfs and fb has small resolution.
Who can tell me, what I do wrong?
Thanks.

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ConnorBehan

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From: Long Island NY

Registered: 2007-07-05

Posts: 1,359

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Re: uvesafb trouble

Is there /dev/fb0 though? If everything is working, uvesafb should appear in "lsmod" and v86d should appear in "ps". If one of them failed to start you can search for them in "dmesg".

By small resolution, do you mean 1024x768 like your config file says? Try changing it to something larger and regenerating your kernel image.

A random thing you can try is recompiling v86d to use klibc. This can make a big difference but I have no idea why.

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