Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2004-10-16

Re: vesafb with special resolution?

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From: Antonino A. Daplas <hidden>
Date: 2004-10-15 21:52:09

On Saturday 16 October 2004 03:06, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
I have a 16:10 screen on my laptop (1280x768). vesafb runs OK with a
1024x768 resolution, but is 1280x768 also possible?
With the current vesafb incarnation, no. The vesafb driver currently selects
the mode from a table of standard vesa modes provided by the BIOS, and  
1280x768 is not standard.

Try vesafb-tng if you need a non-vesa standard mode.

http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/vesafb-tng/

Tony

PS:  A mode settable vesafb may happen soon enough...




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