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TheGipp

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Registered: 2006-01-20

Posts: 14

Disable framebuffer support??

What do I lose if I disable framebuffer support in the kernel?
My console has been unusable (text is huge and doesn't fit on screen) since I did a pacman -Syu a couple of weeks ago.
I'm thinking that building my own kernel with framebuffer support disabled will fix the console issue.
But, I'm not sure what I lose by disabling it.

thanks

jbromley

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 268

Re: Disable framebuffer support??

1. Tux or Arch logo on boot (if you use this)
2. boot splashes
3. Ability to show images in the console with things like fbi.
4. Ability to have resolution other than 80x25.

I believe that's pretty much it. On the plus side, a plain text console is faster than a framebuffer console.

carlocci

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From: Padova - Italy

Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 368

Re: Disable framebuffer support??

And you can scroll it up and down even if you switched vc too

Laban

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-02-15

Posts: 12

Re: Disable framebuffer support??

I have this very same problem, how can I solve it? Huge text right after grub, and it doesn't fit on screen. Do I have to re-build my kernel from source, or are there other ways?

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lexiw

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Registered: 2008-04-29

Posts: 46

Re: Disable framebuffer support??

What do I lose if I disable framebuffer support in the kernel?
My console has been unusable (text is huge and doesn't fit on screen) since I did a pacman -Syu a couple of weeks ago.
I'm thinking that building my own kernel with framebuffer support disabled will fix the console issue.
But, I'm not sure what I lose by disabling it.

thanks

Please, post the output of:
grep kernel /boot/grub/menu.lst

Laban

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-02-15

Posts: 12

Re: Disable framebuffer support??

root@kefka:~# grep kernel /boot/grub/menu.lst
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda3 ro
initrd /kernel26.img

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lexiw

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Registered: 2008-04-29

Posts: 46

Re: Disable framebuffer support??

root@kefka:~# grep kernel /boot/grub/menu.lst
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda3 ro
initrd /kernel26.img

Have you tried with Uvesafb (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Uvesafb)?

Laban

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-02-15

Posts: 12

Re: Disable framebuffer support??

That solved it, thank you very much!

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dav7

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-02-08

Posts: 674

Re: Disable framebuffer support??

[...]
4. Ability to have resolution other than 80x25.
[...]

*ahem*, no, I don't use a framebuffer console (since I've no idea how to get 1400x1050@84Hz, a resolution not "advertised" by my screen as being an acceptable mode, despite being okay), but I use the Cyr_a8x8 font... and I can has 80x60 (or 50?) text resolution.

-dav7

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jbromley

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 268

Re: Disable framebuffer support??

*ahem*, no, I don't use a framebuffer console (since I've no idea how to get 1400x1050@84Hz, a resolution not "advertised" by my screen as being an acceptable mode, despite being okay), but I use the Cyr_a8x8 font... and I can has 80x60 (or 50?) text resolution.

Wow, this is good to know. I set up framebuffer to get more lines on my console. I'll have to try some different fonts with the normal console to see what I can get. I don't use splash or anything like that, so getting more lines without the framebuffer would be nice.

Regards,
j

dctucker

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Registered: 2009-05-23

Posts: 7

Re: Disable framebuffer support??

This shows up as the first result when searching for "arch linux disable framebuffer", but here are no instructions here on how to do so. The man's original question should be answered, or OP needs to modify the thread title.

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Registered: 2006-11-26

Posts: 5,819

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Re: Disable framebuffer support??

I'm not sure what your point exactly is...

We prefer users leave old topics alone: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … Bumping.27

If you need help with anything framebuffer-related, open a topic. Don't go bumping ancient topics just because they're useless to you.

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