Oops forgot the link to the website. http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/<http://dev.gentoo.org/%7Espock/projects/uvesafb/>
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Matt Edens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have had problems getting this to work also, but was able to get it > working finally > after being directed to the authors website and following his > instructions. What I > did was get a 2.6.24 kernel working for me fully with no errors then > proceded to follow > spock's instructions to get uvesafb working properly on both my desktop > and laptop. > Hope this gives you what you need to get it working. > > Matt > > > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Daniel Pielmeier < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mick schrieb: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I've just compiled kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 which comes with uvesa and > > thought > > > of using it on a box of mine. However, amidst other weird and > > wonderful > > > errors that the new kernel gives me on this box, I have completely > > failed to > > > get uvesafb to work. > > > > > > When it boots up it comes up with these errors: > > > ===================================================== > > > * Setting framebuffer console images > > > Can't open cfg file //etc/splash/emergence/640x480.cfg > > > No 8bpp silent picture specified in the theme > > > No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme > > > * Failed to set background image on tty1 > > > ===================================================== > > > > > > Meanwhile the penguins and fonts on the boot console are shown in some > > > impossibly large size. My kernel line is: > > > > > > kernel /kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/sda3 \ > > > video=uvesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED],ywrap,mtrr:4, \ > > > splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 > > > initrd /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1280x1024 > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Just a shot in the dark are you using any kind of tv-out? > > > > I had this problem with tv-out. I specified a resolution of 1280x1024. > > When I connect my tv to my box the maximal resolution possible is > > 1024x768 because the tv-encoder does not offer higher resolutions. So > > instead of switching to the next greatest resolution of 1024x768 the > > uvesafb driver switches to smallest resolution of 640x480. This > > resolution is not available in the emergence theme thus the splash > > fails! > > > > If you have a problem like this there are existing patches whto the > > kernel which are fixing this issue! > > > > What does "cat /sys/devices/platform/uvesafb.0/vbe_modes" say? > > > > Regards, > > > > Daniel > > -- > > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > > > >
