On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:43:16 +0200 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:46:21 -0600 > D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just installed a server with stable. > > > > So I have the 2.6.8 kernsl as packaged from debian. > > > > This is a 1U server and I've already used the only PCI slot > > available for a tape backup. > > > > The system has an onboard ATI RAGE card. > > > > I'd like to to use the atyfb for the console. > > > > The one problem I'm hacing I can't send the options for resolution > > to the driver. > > > > I can't seem to be able to send options to the driver. > > > > It ships as a module. > > > > So I looked to see what options it will take: > > # modinfo atyfb > > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.8-2-686-smp/kernel/drivers/video/aty/atyfb.ko > > license: GPL > > vermagic: 2.6.8-2-686-smp SMP preempt 686 gcc-3.3 > > depends: cfbfillrect,cfbimgblt,cfbcopyarea > > > > > > So there are no options I can send it. > > > > Is there a way around this besides compiling my own kernel with it > > compiled in? > > > > This would appear to me to make the atyfb unusable unless the defaults > > are what you want. > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > First you need to put the module in your initrd. If you use yaird you can > accomplish this by adding > > OPTIONAL MODULE atyfb > > before or after the 'fbcon' module. Then do 'dpkg-reconfigure > kernel-image-your-version' to rebuild the initrd. Then you need to pass > 'vga=atyfb:[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to the kernel. Adjust to you needs. Ooops, sorry, that's 'video=atyfb...' Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
