Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> [11-01-02 14:08]: > On Sunday 02 January 2011 11:28:09 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > there is a "small" linux distribution (GRML), which I use for rescue > > and other purposes. I installed it on a USB-stick. > > > > Furthermore installed in my PC there is a MSI GT430 (nvidia) graphics > > card and I use the nvidia-driver in conjunction with xorg 1.9.2. > > > > So far so nice... > > > > The GRML uses the noveau driver as far as I know. > > > > When I boot from my USB-stick I get a very nice high resolution > > linux console. It uses vga=791 on the kernel commandline. > > > > When I use the same option with my kernel (2.6.36.2 vanilla) it > > ends in a console font/resolution which reminds me at the good > > old times when 8bit homecomputers were the dream of many people > > and PACMAN was top! ;) > > > > I tried "vga=asK" and then "scan" but the highest resolution I was > > offered were 80x60 and only VGA-modes, which again looks like the > > "high resolution textmode" of my old ATARI 800...and not like that > > nice looking console which I get with the same hardware and the GRML > > distro. > > > > I compared both the kernel config of the GRML distro and my > > own but I didn't found nay suspicious (or overlooked something?). > > > > > > Final question after all there words: How can I get such a high > > resolution with this hardware and the nvidia-drivers??? > > I think that the "nice high resolution" you see with GRML is presented by the > framebuffer. You only get this once the kernel starts to load. Until then > you get a very basic VGA screen, which the GRML may not show at all (in other > words the first visual impression of a LiveCD may be the framebuffer console). > > With the latest versions CDs which use KMS (e.g. SystemrescueCD) the two > stages VGA-->framebuffer are visible if I recall correctly. > > With regards to your own kernel, are you using KMS? If so, once the kernel > starts loading the KMS will dictate what resolution you get. If this is too > small to read (I think it will render the highest resolution possible) or you > want to set some custom resolution for whatever reason, then add nomodeset to > the kernel line in your grub.conf and also restore the vga=XXX line you had > there previously. > > HTH. > -- > Regards, > Mick
Hi Mick, unfortunately the nvidia driver does not support KMS...see the Gentoo docs. Best regards, mcc
