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billytcf

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From: Hong Kong

Registered: 2008-04-06

Posts: 12

framebuffer problem

hello everyone

I have just installed Arch and in menu.lst i added vga=792 to the kernel line

strangely when boot the kernel prompt me for invalid video mode 318
when I allow it to boot it simply hanged

My config is
Intel E8200 and P43 chipset

I'll be grateful for any replies ;-)

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Billy Tse

combuster

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-09-30

Posts: 711

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Re: framebuffer problem

What monitor and what graphics card do u have?

s3kt0r

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Registered: 2009-01-20

Posts: 208

Re: framebuffer problem

Not knowing monitor resolution, graphics card, I'd suggest adding vga=ask, probe for video modes, and selecting an option, that could work right?

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box1: Arch (linux-3.17-rc5)
box2: Gentoo (linux-3.17-rc5)
wm: subtle

billytcf

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From: Hong Kong

Registered: 2008-04-06

Posts: 12

Re: framebuffer problem

wth I missed this 2 important info

monitor is samsung syncmaster 151N, graphic card is XFX geforce 6600GT

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Billy Tse

combuster

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-09-30

Posts: 711

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Re: framebuffer problem

Yep, you should listen to S3ktor first but if u still have problems u must check is the correct module even loading?

"lsmod|grep fb"
"lsmod|grep vesa"

But as I can see fbcon is not to be found in 2.6.30-ARCH so u might have a look at this wiki pages:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Uvesafb
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRU … Resolution

I think that they slowly replacing this framebuffer drivers in favour of KMS being under development for ATI/nVIDIA and Intel already have it, even now I saw some reports that framebuffer modules could be messing up with the 3d driver...