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#1 2006-02-13 04:54:45
- oggb4mp3
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New way of specifying console framebuffer resolution?
I just upgraded to the new kernel26archck kernel and udev today, and everything seems okay, except I think the way of specifying the console framebuffer resolution. The old way was to add vga=xxx where xxx was the representation of the resolution wanted. I used vga-791 to give me a 1024x768 console framebuffer. Now I get an error that asks me to pick a resolution, and no matter what I pick, I get a 640x480 res.
Is there any information about this available somewhere? My googling has turned up nothing useful.
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#2 2006-02-13 05:41:17
- Cerebral
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Re: New way of specifying console framebuffer resolution?
It now has to be of the form:
video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,1024x768-32@70Offline
#3 2006-02-13 12:56:27
- oggb4mp3
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Re: New way of specifying console framebuffer resolution?
Is there a place where information on this is available? or are we supposed to guess.
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#4 2006-02-13 17:33:06
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Re: New way of specifying console framebuffer resolution?
I forget where I found it... I'd run a search, but that's broken right now. 
It _IS_ available somewhere... I just can't remember where atm.
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#5 2006-02-13 19:02:17
- Snowman
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Re: New way of specifying console framebuffer resolution?
That's in one of the Archck thread in the announcement sections (I think).
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#6 2006-02-13 19:39:16
- tomk
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Re: New way of specifying console framebuffer resolution?
Here's the thread.
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#7 2006-02-13 21:44:53
- oggb4mp3
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Re: New way of specifying console framebuffer resolution?
Sorry, I shouldn't have sounded so nasty, but I was frustrated because the search function was broken and I wasn't turning up anything from google. Thanks for the links.
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#8 2006-02-13 23:25:07
- iphitus
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Re: New way of specifying console framebuffer resolution?
Two wiki posts:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gensplash
and I copied my forum post to the wiki too:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ini … and_ArchCK
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