Messages in this thread | | | From | Giuseppe Bilotta <> | Subject | Re: Framebuffer with nVidia GeForce 2 Go on Dell Inspiron 8200 | Date | Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:46:34 +0100 |
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James Simmons wrote: > > > > I tried vga=ask, and no VESA modes are detected. > > > > Ok, I'm stupid. I tried vga=ask, told him to scan, still got no VESA > > modes in the list, but thenand tried 318; it gave me 1024x768 (so did > > 718 too, any reason why?). Can't get to 1600x1200, though (or at > > least I don't know how.) > > For some reason it never list the VESA modes with vga=ask. I just go by > the does in Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt to set my mode. Let me look... > > I need to add more info to the docs on what modes are supported. > 1600x1200 > --------- > 256 0x119 0x145 > 32K 0x11D 0x146 > 64K 0x11E > 16M 0x14E > > For lilo translate them to decimal number. I'm curious if the 14X numbers > work.
I guess I would have to input 31e or 34e at the vga=ask prompt, right? Well, I never managed to get a code with letters to work :( I will try again ...
> > Now that I can work with the VESA driver, I'm feeling much better, > > but if I load the rivafb driver I *still* get the problem (I cannot > > touch it, not even with fbset -i). Using 2.6.4; > > > > Just for reference, these are the logs from vesafb, rivafb and lspci: > > > >From rivafb: > > === > > rivafb: nVidia device/chipset 10DE0112 > > rivafb: On a laptop. Assuming Digital Flat Panel > > rivafb: Detected CRTC controller 1 being used > > rivafb: RIVA MTRR set to ON > > rivafb: PCI nVidia NV10 framebuffer ver 0.9.5b (nVidiaGeForce2-G, > > 32MB @ 0xE0000000) > > === > > > > In this case, fbset -i returns (well, doesn't because the screen goes > > black, but the computer is still fully functional): > > That a bug I have to work. I have a newer driver but I need to run more > test.
If you want, I can try and test it on my computer too (if you can guarantee it doesn't format my hard drive and give my syphilis ;))
-- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
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