Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 05 May 2006 07:07:03 +0800 | From | "Antonino A. Daplas" <> | Subject | Re: Weird framebuffer bug? |
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grfgguvf.29601511@bloglines.com wrote: > --- Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> wrote: > >> And if you can't specify > the actual resolution with vesafb, try nvidiafb. > > > > I have specified the actual > resolution. Text mode with vesafb fills the whole screen (and the on-screen > menu says 1024x768 which is the native resolution of the monitor). The screenshot > I took when using X via fbdev (set to 1024x768 too) while the displaying was > erroneous is 1024x768 as well. It somehow just doesn't reach the monitor in > that form. >
Does the same thing happens with different color depths?
Can you try using the "vesa" driver with X? If the same thing happens, it might be a problem with the BIOS.
BTW, what does dmesg and fbset -i say?
Tony
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