On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:18:37AM -0400, cga2000 wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 02:44:29AM EDT, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 11:06:39PM -0400, cga2000 wrote: > > > > > > I tried: > > > > video=rivafb:1280x960 > > > > video=vesafb:1280x960 > > > > > > > > but neither worked. > > > > > > You do realize that you may need to compile a custom kernel to enable > > > support for a given video card..? > > > > Not necessarily. It should work if you inlcude the module in your > > initrd. > > How is the initrd going to help if the module does not exist in the > first place?
You're right, the rivafb module is not compiled, but vesafb is compiled in and it should work with the correct vga=... There is a nvidiafb module, maybe the OP can try that? > What I was saying is that support for his card may have been included in > whatever kernel he's using .. either built-in or as a module. Sorry, I thought you were telling him he needs to recompile the kernel. I missed the "may". Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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