On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:20:06 +0200 Julien Cristau wrote: > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 18:13:17 +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > I am perfectly fine with having a framebuffer console, with the i915 > > kernel module (since I want to get accelerated Intel graphics in X), > > and kernel mode setting. > > It's just that I would like to have a 640x480 framebuffer console, not > > a 1280x1024 one! [...] > You can probably set a different resolution by playing with the video > kernel parameter. video=640x480 might work. Not sure of the point, but > hey.
I tried with video=640x480 and it works: it actually sets the framebuffer resolution to 640x480. After some test, I found that video=720x400 is nicer (it's the resolution I get on the GRUB menu, by default). But it's also OK to have the framebuffer console running at the LCD optimal resolution (that is to say: no special kernel parameter). Anyway, what's not too nice is the fact that the screen is briefly blanked during the boot sequence, and the resolution changes during the boot sequence (when the KMS kicks in). Is there a way to avoid this blanking (while keeping the framebuffer console, without disabling kernel mode setting)? Maybe there's a way to obtain a given resolution for the GRUB menu and then keep it unchanged up to the end of the boot sequence... Would this avoid the brief screen blanking? -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html Need some pdebuild hook scripts? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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