On 27/01/08 13:45 -0500, Andrew Paprocki wrote: > Using 2.6.24, I can't get my Geode LX (LX800 CPU) to boot in anything > other than the default 80x25 console even though lxfb appears to be > loading normally. This device doesn't work with the VESA fb either > when I request "vga=0x31a". All the other boards I have display a > 1280x1024 console on my monitor. Are my kernel parameters wrong in > some way? I tried "video=lxfb:<mode>" with and without "vga=0x31a". > The driver is compiled into the kernel -- I am not using modules.
Can you change the mode after you have booted with 'fbset'? > Also, a side note.. blanking on this display doesn't seem to work > properly. When the screen would normally blank after a timeout, a thin > ~20px width vertical black strip appears on the left-hand side of the > screen, but the rest of the display area remains showing whatever > contents were on the screen when the blank was triggered. Hitting a > key goes back to displaying the current fb contents like you would > expect. Thanks for reporting that - thats a known bug, I'll send a patch to fix it. Jordan -- Jordan Crouse Systems Software Development Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
