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#1 2007-03-19 10:46:35

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Beyond Upgrade Problem

Hi There,

After I upgraded to kernel 2.6.20 beyond, the vga=792 option that I used to use with 2.6.19-beyond is not working now. Is prints the menu at the beginning to select another vga mode but they're like 80x60 and etc.. Although, nvidia driver is not working. sad I think I'm going to downgrade the kernel for now..


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#2 2007-03-19 12:13:13

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

Same here. Now, i've old 2.6.19 kernel that works perfectly.

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#3 2007-03-19 15:32:37

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

same here


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#4 2007-03-20 01:37:27

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

I think I have found the reason. The kernel name is not beyond... I mean, when we install kernel26beyond 2.6.20, the directory name in /lib/modules/kernel* is 2.6.20-ARCH.. But it should be 2.6.20-beyond.. Can somebody please confirm this ?


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#5 2007-03-20 09:54:26

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

nope, I think i misconfigured it to use vesafb-tng again.

It's catch 22 between vesafb-tng and vesafb. And people aren't happy whichever I choose.

vesafb: Works. Stable. But doesnt offer higher and custom resolutions that people like
vesafb-tng: Usually works, causes lockups on boot and other wierd symptoms for a small few. But does offer higher resolutions, and a far far easier configuration. Though is of questionable design.

Both camps that each advantages are small. So which minority do i favour?

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#6 2007-03-20 15:11:30

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

Thanks dude for the explanation. Does it work with 1280x800 resolution?? Any date for fglrx module?
Thankiu

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#7 2007-03-20 17:41:41

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Well... i've changed video=vesafb to video=vesafb-tng, added 1024x768-16@60 after mttr and removed vga=792:

...root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb-tng:ywrap,mtrr,1024x768-16@60...

This doesnt work. Any idea?

Edit: it works now. video=vesafb instead vesafb-tng hehe. I've realised vesafb-tng is more slow than vesafb (alternating between tty), is it possible??

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#8 2007-03-22 02:31:07

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

nVidia doesn't work..


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#9 2007-03-22 07:28:05

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nvidia should work fine, take the 'nvidia' pkgbuild for kernel26-2.6.20, and modify it for beyond. Don't use the old beyond 2.6.19 PKGBUILDs.

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#10 2007-03-22 15:32:32

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

Should I use ABS or AUR for this ? I got used to do this by simply using pacman.. The problem with the 2.6.20-beyond is that, the directory name in /lib/modules/ is 2.6.20-ARCH instead of 2.6.20-beyond.. I guess that that system searches the module in 2.6.20-beyond, but there's no directory with that name.. Although, vesafb has a problem.. :S


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#11 2007-03-22 20:29:32

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

I've installed ati drivers using abs. Also i got splash using 2.6.20-beyond

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#12 2007-03-22 23:28:04

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songochain wrote:

I've installed ati drivers using abs. Also i got splash using 2.6.20-beyond

Do you use the splash with ati drivers ? I have nvidia in my laptop.. I can't have 1280x800 splash screen.. I mean I don't know how to do it..


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#13 2007-03-24 13:15:52

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I cant too i think kernel must have support to get 1280x800. I set to 1024x800 in my laptop and it works fine.
Also i've downgraded to 2.16.19 because i like it more than new version.

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#14 2007-03-27 17:44:26

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when will nvidia beyond for kernel26beyond comes up?


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#15 2007-03-29 11:32:37

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

Does the verbose option works for you? When I choose verbose and quite I also receive all the extra infos (kernel messages) at boot up. When using silent mode and pressing F2 for verbose mode it works ok. Is there any solution?


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#16 2007-03-29 13:29:08

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

iphitus wrote:

vesafb: Works. Stable. But doesnt offer higher and custom resolutions that people like
vesafb-tng: Usually works, causes lockups on boot and other wierd symptoms for a small few. But does offer higher resolutions, and a far far easier configuration. Though is of questionable design.

Both camps that each advantages are small. So which minority do i favour?

I prefer vesafb, but whatever you decide to go with, stick with it - it's nice to not need to change menu.lst when upgrading the kernel.

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#17 2007-04-04 06:07:45

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

im having this problm...why dont leave kernel26beyong configs like it always was?
prints the menu at the beginning to select another vga mode but they're like 80x60...i really like this kernel


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#18 2007-04-04 23:32:57

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

:S That's true.. I'm still using 2.6.19beyond.. sad


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#19 2007-04-08 11:49:26

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

So what is the workaround? Simply use vesafb? But what commandline options does it take? vga=0x318 ?


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#20 2007-04-08 12:18:13

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

sickhate wrote:

im having this problm...why dont leave kernel26beyong configs like it always was?
prints the menu at the beginning to select another vga mode but they're like 80x60...i really like this kernel

hence being in testing. things change in testing, i change things around in testing.

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#21 2007-04-08 12:30:16

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Re: Beyond Upgrade Problem

looking foward too iphitus wink


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