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#1 2005-09-29 12:27:46

postlogic
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gensplash at 1280x800

Heya..

I'm just wondering if anyone has successfully set up Gensplash or similar to run at a 1280x800 resolution? I've been having serious trouble in the past with that.

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#2 2005-12-29 04:14:09

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Re: gensplash at 1280x800

Quite funny, because I've also been trying to get the bitch up gensplashing at 1280x800. No succes though.

I did quite some research, but for as far as I can conclude it just can't. If you use vesafb-tng, you can check out the resolutions by reading /proc/fbx, where 'x' stands for a digit, e.g.:

cat /dev/fb0

Keep me on track of things, I'm really curious too.

Greetz.


L. M. Laurijssen

-- Simplicity is the highest level of complexity.

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#3 2005-12-29 12:20:30

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Re: gensplash at 1280x800

Well. To update on this, I have made progress, although not tried myself.

Bootsplash/fbsplash/gensplash, not sure which one of them, CAN handle 1280x800 resolution, and all other resolutions as long as there is a theme for it, and you can set your own resolution through the framebuffer device (for example, video=mtrr,radeonfb:1280x800-32, appended to the kernel boot line in your bootloader). Once you have this up, you can create your own theme. Take note that I haven't tested this at all, but if there is more interest in this, I think I'll give it a go, and maybe even convert a few themes and put them online for people to enjoy.

It really annoys me that most devs ignores/are unaware of the fact that quite a lot of people are using a non-standard/widescreen resolution, almost always on their laptop. However, after reading a lot, I've seen that it should be possible.

If you're interested in trying, have a go. I'd be more than interested in hearing about it!

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#4 2005-12-29 14:13:07

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Re: gensplash at 1280x800

Well, thanks for the update.

I did made a 1280x800-32 theme by myself (also got a 1024x768 and 1280x1024 variant @ 32bbp), but I forgot to include the 'radeonfb' parameter  to the 'video='-option.

I'll certainly gonna try it. I'll post the theme later, so you can try it yourself. For now, I'm going to test it on my laptop. (Toshiba A75-S231).


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#5 2005-12-30 14:25:34

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Re: gensplash at 1280x800

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Sony_VGN-FS500#Video -- here's some more, relevant info.

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#6 2006-01-02 06:48:02

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Re: gensplash at 1280x800

I just want to tell you guys that it is infact posible to use a 1280x800 Gensplash theme, since I hace done it myself.

My laptop is a Sony Vaio PCG-K23 with an ATI Radeon IGP 340M graphic card. So I compiled in radeonfb driver in my kernel instead of vesafb, since from what I saw it doesn't support widescreen resolutions, atleast not on my laptop.

After that and installing the gensplash scripts and utilities in AUR, I made a simple theme to test it out (just an ugly image with a logo, I lack artistic talent). I made it following the instructions from the Gentoo Wiki.

It worked like a charm. So I think you guys shouldn't have any problems.

Good Luck,
Tebari

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#7 2006-01-02 10:17:05

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Re: gensplash at 1280x800

The vesafb-tng driver supports these resolutions, but I'm not sure about vesafb itself. For my part, radeonfb works just fine, so..

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