1280x800 framebuffer on Intel GM965 [SOLVED]

f3ath · 2009-03-15 10:29:43

Hi all! I've just (finally!!) set up framebuffer at 1280x800 on my Asus X80L. I used http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Uve … resolution wiki entry and done everything as described there EXCEPT one thing. In /lib/initcpio/hooks/915resolution i use mode 54 instead of default 5c:

run_hook ()
{
    msg -n ":: Patching the VBIOS..."
    /usr/sbin/915resolution 54 1280 800
    msg "done."
}

.:B:. · 2009-03-15 12:23:52

The wiki entry says to replace 5c with whatever variable your system uses .

f3ath · 2009-03-15 18:11:22

B wrote:

The wiki entry says to replace 5c with whatever variable your system uses .

Wiki entry says to replace any unused mode. In my case only this one works.

Last edited by f3ath (2009-03-16 08:50:33)

Diospyros · 2009-03-15 23:10:14

I have an Intel GM965 as well; installed the 915resolution and uvesafb as per the wiki and it seems to be working great with the 54 mode while the system is running.

But it's kind of weird when it starts booting at 800x600 or whatever default it's at and then suddenly changes in the middle to 1440x900, then I lose all the previous boot messages that were on the screen. I'm guessing that the resolution switch inevitable if 915resolution is being called later instead of being compiled in (is this possible to do?) but I wish there was a way to not have all the information disappear during boot

anrxc · 2009-03-16 01:09:26

Is your BIOS really broken? Did you try getting widescreen with plain vesafb and vga=864 as per this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_ … able_modes it selects 1280x800 on many displays.

Diospyros · 2009-03-16 02:24:26

anrxc wrote:

Is your BIOS really broken? Did you try getting widescreen with plain vesafb and vga=864 as per this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_ … able_modes it selects 1280x800 on many displays.

Yes, I tried different video modes, the only ones available were the usual 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, ... but not 1440x900 (gave me an error at boot when I put vga=864 as a parameter in menu.lst)

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#1 2009-03-15 10:29:43

1280x800 framebuffer on Intel GM965 [SOLVED]

#2 2009-03-15 12:23:52

Re: 1280x800 framebuffer on Intel GM965 [SOLVED]

#3 2009-03-15 18:11:22

Re: 1280x800 framebuffer on Intel GM965 [SOLVED]

#4 2009-03-15 23:10:14

Re: 1280x800 framebuffer on Intel GM965 [SOLVED]

#5 2009-03-16 01:09:26

Re: 1280x800 framebuffer on Intel GM965 [SOLVED]

#6 2009-03-16 02:24:26

Re: 1280x800 framebuffer on Intel GM965 [SOLVED]

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