On 01/02/2011 03:57 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
Nikos Chantziaras<rea...@arcor.de> [11-01-02 14:12]:
On 01/02/2011 01:28 PM, 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.
Nouveau uses KMS, which means it automatically uses the monitor's
native resolution and supports all resolutions the graphics card is
capable of.
On your PC, you're using the VESA fb driver, not Nouveau KMS. That
means you're limited to VESA resolutions for your consoles. You can
use the "vbetest" utility to detect which modes your card's VESA BIOS
supports. To use this tool, emerge the "sys-libs/lrmi" package.
Simply run the tool and it will print a list of modes you can use, and
the resolutions those modes correspond to.
If your desired resolution is not in the list, then there's no way to
use that resolution in a VESA fb; you will need to switch to Nouveau's
KMS fb.
Hi Nikos,
unfortunately lrmi fails to compile.
You can boot an older Live CD (something like Ubuntu 9.x) that has this
tool. Run the tool there and save the output for future reference.
