1280x800 Framebuffer

zowki · 2009-10-05 14:57:37

I'm trying to get a 1280x800 framebuffer on my Acer 5500z laptop. It has the Intel 915GM chipset. Yes I have searched but the information I find seems outdated and doesnt seem to work when I try it.

takedown · 2009-10-05 15:26:10

KMS?

VirtualRider · 2009-10-05 15:31:29

Try this: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 08#p564208

atomkarinca · 2009-10-05 19:57:30

In the /boot/grub/menu.lst add "vga=864" to the end of kernel line. This works for me.

takedown · 2009-10-05 21:37:39

for my opinion KMS is the best way!

scio · 2009-10-05 23:06:46

When booting to grub, hit c to get a console and then type 'vbeinfo' make sure you can use 1280x800, the 915 chipsets tend to not let you use the correct resolutions without patches.

zowki · 2009-10-06 05:40:16

scio wrote:

When booting to grub, hit c to get a console and then type 'vbeinfo' make sure you can use 1280x800, the 915 chipsets tend to not let you use the correct resolutions without patches.

Nope it doesnt show 1280x800. The max is 1024x768.

atomkarinca wrote:

In the /boot/grub/menu.lst add "vga=864" to the end of kernel line. This works for me.

Doesnt work for me though.

takedown wrote:

KMS?

I'll give KMS a shot. Will report back if it works.

Edit: Hooray KMS actually works! But I still have one issue. Framebuffer works fine with the normal TTY terminal but I can't run any framebuffer programs within screen or dvtm such as mplayer or fbi. Can someone help me resolve this?

Last edited by zowki (2009-10-06 10:44:42)

zowki · 2009-10-06 11:28:47

The thread color code turned grey so I'm "bumping".

shining · 2009-10-06 12:32:06

After a quick google, I found two other arch users with the same problem :
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=73912

but apparently it works for some people :
http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-List … 13874.html

Is this the problem you have ? https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21715

zowki · 2009-10-06 12:57:10

Yes, I have that problem with mplayer. But the GNU screen framebuffer problem I had even before KMS. I don't really understand the solution you pointed out. What exactly did the guy do to fix it?

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#1 2009-10-05 14:57:37

1280x800 Framebuffer

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Re: 1280x800 Framebuffer

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Re: 1280x800 Framebuffer

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