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FaN_OnLy1

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From: Montpellier, France

Registered: 2008-09-22

Posts: 126

[Solved] 1280x800 FrameBuffer anyone ?

So, i searched everywhere on the net to get a 1280x800 FB, i have tried alot of things :

video=intelfb:mtrr,accel,1280x800@60
video=uvesafb:mtrr,accel,1280x800@60
vga=867
vga=865
vga=864

but nothing works , help ! do i have to do something to the kernel ?

I have already compiled a custom kernel and it didn't work even when adding vesafb support etc

Oh yeah also , it's an intel integrated video chipset.

Last edited by FaN_OnLy1 (2008-12-18 15:17:03)

wuischke

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From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 630

Re: [Solved] 1280x800 FrameBuffer anyone ?

I added v86d and uvesafb to my initrd and it worked. Please take a look at the wiki page for v86d and/or uvesafb.

Cookie

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Registered: 2008-03-08

Posts: 119

Re: [Solved] 1280x800 FrameBuffer anyone ?

try reading this wiki entry http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRU … Resolution

it might help

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dcrabs

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-10-03

Posts: 149

Re: [Solved] 1280x800 FrameBuffer anyone ?

Are you trying to get the framebuffer for Grub or a boot splash? However, when I was using Gentoo I wrote a small patch for 915resolution which is still available in bugs.gentoo.org and meanwhile also in AUR. I also added this part to the Gentoo wiki about HP 6710b that has the same chipset. Unfortunately the wiki went down and there was no backup but it is still in the google cache:
http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:Uy … =firefox-a
I hope the link works. If not, search for the terms: 6710b gentoo wiki and it should find the page.
Hope that helps a bit.

EDIT: Btw. this is an example how to modify the kernel command line for grub:

kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-{yourkernel} splash=silent,theme:true-nature video=vesafb:1280x800-16@60,mtrr,ywrap quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 root=/dev/hda3

You can find the complete howto here:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-547119.html

dcrabs

Last edited by dcrabs (2008-12-18 14:51:42)

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: [Solved] 1280x800 FrameBuffer anyone ?

You could try the intelfb framebuffer driver. I have ATI gear, and radeonfb does the trick for me.

FaN_OnLy1

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From: Montpellier, France

Registered: 2008-09-22

Posts: 126

Re: [Solved] 1280x800 FrameBuffer anyone ?

I added v86d and uvesafb to my initrd and it worked. Please take a look at the wiki page for v86d and/or uvesafb.

This worked, thanks everyone.

Last edited by FaN_OnLy1 (2008-12-18 15:16:47)

Chris.Giles

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Registered: 2008-03-16

Posts: 20

Re: [Solved] 1280x800 FrameBuffer anyone ?

It also worked for me, after following these instructions: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Uvesafb