Basics for fresh install [WAS Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?]

2021-04-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 10:00:59AM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:12:29 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Ref: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/04/msg00530.html > > "... > Unless and until all traces of NVidia's driver installation and associated > configuration changes h

Building Xorg using Linux from Scratch [WAS Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers availabl

2021-04-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 09:40:54AM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > Would the setps as described in the following link be necessary? > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/x/xorg-server.html > > --- > Installation of Xorg Se

Basics for text mode install [WAS Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?]

2021-04-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
as iso by > > loopback loop, or with iso extracted and am presently using knoppix > > for the HCL Me laptop. I'm assuming that the HCL Me laptop is the one you want to install on - and was the one the screenshots relate to. To make it easier, I'm assuming that you are prepared

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Felix Miata
Susmita/Rajib composed on 2021-04-19 10:30 (UTC+0530): > Okay, in any case I am to reinstall fresh and latest stable Debian, as > advised by Dr./Mr. Cater. > So in nutshell, may please the steps be described? The idea involved?

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Felix Miata
Susmita/Rajib composed on 2021-04-19 8:35 (UTC+05300): > On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 21:52:25 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > [...] > As above indicated, it works with Debian 10, using the FOSS default X driver > (Modesetting DIX), along with the Nouveau kernel driver it depends on. No > proprietary NVidia or

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Susmita/Rajib
On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:12:29 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: Ref: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/04/msg00530.html "... Unless and until all traces of NVidia's driver installation and associated configuration changes have been purged from your machine, I can be no help except WRT eradicating

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Susmita/Rajib
Would the setps as described in the following link be necessary? http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/x/xorg-server.html --- Installation of Xorg Server Install the server by running the following commands: ./configure

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Susmita/Rajib
On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 21:52:25 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: [...] As above indicated, it works with Debian 10, using the FOSS default X driver (Modesetting DIX), along with the Nouveau kernel driver it depends on. No proprietary NVidia or other non-Debian software is required for competent Xorg operati

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Susmita/Rajib
un knoppix, either as iso by > loopback loop, or with iso extracted and am presently using knoppix > for the HCL Me laptop. > > Please tell me if there is a possibility of using Debian to use vesa > (or fbdev) from grub, although fbdev is deprecated, vesa runs fine. > But a little stressful

Re: Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
esently, Debian Live isn't > able to run on it even in Vesa. GUI installation is possible, but not > using vesa post-installation. > I followed through the screenshots you provided. > Earlier when computers and drivers were 32bit, drivers from nvidia > downloaded directl

Can the latest stable Debian be compelled to run in vesa mode, rather than the motherboard graphics card, if the said card doesn't have drivers available? How?

2021-04-18 Thread Susmita/Rajib
my asking for suggestion on which Debian-authorised laptop to buy this time to avoid undue complexity with the ones that I have already. This one relates to my HCL-Me laptop. Presently, Debian Live isn't able to run on it even in Vesa. GUI installation is possible, but not using vesa

Re: Anyone using AMD Radeon R9 270x under Debian other than vesa drivers.

2018-02-22 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2018-02-22 15:57 +0100, Dominique Dumont wrote: > On Tuesday, 20 February 2018 11:40:49 CET terryc wrote: >> i've just finshed trying amdgp, radeon 7 ati drivers under wheezy and >> stretch and it is a total wipeout. All ii can get working is a copied >> default singl

Re: Anyone using AMD Radeon R9 270x under Debian other than vesa drivers.

2018-02-22 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Tuesday, 20 February 2018 11:40:49 CET terryc wrote: > i've just finshed trying amdgp, radeon 7 ati drivers under wheezy and > stretch and it is a total wipeout. All ii can get working is a copied > default single screen under vesa driver. Can you make sure that radeon kernel mo

Anyone using AMD Radeon R9 270x under Debian other than vesa drivers.

2018-02-22 Thread terryc
How? As per subject I am trying to get something other than a basic single screen screen running on this dual port GPU. i've just finshed trying amdgp, radeon 7 ati drivers under wheezy and stretch and it is a total wipeout. All ii can get working is a copied default single screen under

[SOLVED] Re: vesa mode code?

2014-04-08 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 9. April 2014, 02:20:16 schrieb Scott Ferguson: > On 09/04/14 01:33, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Ma, 08 apr 14, 16:20:22, Hans wrote: > >> Is it possible (and if yes, how), to compute the code from the wanted > >> solution? For example, if I want to have 1440x900, can I compute the >

Re: vesa mode code?

2014-04-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/04/14 01:33, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 08 apr 14, 16:20:22, Hans wrote: >> >> Is it possible (and if yes, how), to compute the code from the wanted >> solution? For example, if I want to have 1440x900, can I compute the >> vga=whatever code? Or must I always look into a table? See:-

Re: vesa mode code?

2014-04-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 08 apr 14, 17:48:17, Hans wrote: > > No, I could not find an answer, if the number from the "vga=" can be computed > out of the wanted resolution. So, for example, 800x600x32 = 789h(ex) or > whatever. ... > Maybe my English is too bad, so my question is misunderstood. You question was w

Re: vesa mode code?

2014-04-08 Thread Hans
Hi Andrei, > GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1440x900 > I know this variable. It is from grub2, I know. Besides I am still using grub- legacy, my problem is not to find the correct vga= for my resolution. I know this one. No, I could not find an answer, if the number from the "vga=" can be computed

Re: vesa mode code?

2014-04-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 08 apr 14, 16:20:22, Hans wrote: > > Is it possible (and if yes, how), to compute the code from the wanted > solution? For example, if I want to have 1440x900, can I compute the > vga=whatever code? Or must I always look into a table? Not what you're asking for, but maybe what you need:

Re: vesa mode code?

2014-04-08 Thread Hans
> The video mode number of the Linux kernel is the VESA mode number plus > 0x200 > > No no, what I mean is the following: Guess, I want to have a special resolution at boot, for example 800x600x32. Now I need the vga=whatever. To get it, I can look into a list and see, yes, i

Re: vesa mode code?

2014-04-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
ode number of the Linux kernel is the VESA mode number plus 0x200 > > Is it possible (and if yes, how), to compute the code from the wanted > solution? For example, if I want to have 1440x900, can I compute the > vga=whatever code? Or must I always look into a table? > &

Re: vesa mode code?

2014-04-08 Thread Reco
's 317h". And 317h is defined by VESA 2.0 as 1024x768x16. > Is it possible (and if yes, how), to compute the code from the wanted > solution? For example, if I want to have 1440x900, can I compute the > vga=whatever code? Or must I always look into a table? Sure, there'

vesa mode code?

2014-04-08 Thread Hans
Hi there, I am asking myself now for many years, if there is a relationship between the solution and the vesacode at the grub commandline. Of course, there is a table everywhere, where I can see, which resolution is at the givenm mode (i.e. vga=791 is 1024x768). But what does 791 mean? I guess

Re: Problems with vesa X driver

2013-10-19 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 22:26:52 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: > I tried that. But the previous version of the driver has a dependency on > xserver-xorg-video-abi-12, which is a virtual package not currently provided > by any current package. The last package to provide it was the old version >

Re: Problems with vesa X driver

2013-10-18 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:20:03 -0400 (EDT), Marko Randjelovic wrote: > On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 07:47:01 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> Due to a bug in the MACH64 driver (see Debian bug report 726585 for details), >> I am temporarily using the VESA X driver in Debian je

Re: Problems with vesa X driver

2013-10-18 Thread Stephen Powell
for monitors. My German monitor might be > equal to another, international one, but IIRC I couldn't get info by the > web, just Suse supported it. On Arch Linux with a nearly equal config, I > get 81.9kHz/90.0Hz with the above config. IIRC the frequency thing does > work with the vesa dr

Re: Problems with vesa X driver

2013-10-17 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 07:47:01 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: > > Due to a bug in the MACH64 driver (see Debian bug report 726585 for details), > I am temporarily using the VESA X driver in Debian jessie to get graphical > support to work on my machine. I am experiencing three p

Re: Problems with vesa X driver

2013-10-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2013-10-17 at 14:54 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Arch Linux with a nearly equal config, I > get 81.9kHz/90.0Hz with the above config. *chuckle* Regarding to the frequency section the configs are equal ;). I type faster, than I think ;). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ.

Re: Problems with vesa X driver

2013-10-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2013-10-17 at 07:47 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >Section "Device" >Identifier "Default Device" >Driver "vesa" >EndSection >Section "Screen" >Identifier "Configured Screen"

Problems with vesa X driver

2013-10-17 Thread Stephen Powell
Due to a bug in the MACH64 driver (see Debian bug report 726585 for details), I am temporarily using the VESA X driver in Debian jessie to get graphical support to work on my machine. I am experiencing three problems with it. First of all, I can only get 1024x768 resolution to work at a 60 Hz

[SOLVED, partially at least] Re (4): xorg.conf for vesa

2009-12-29 Thread peasthope
nces, right and down to Monitor Settings and LM. Strike to open the resolution menu. Use to reach resolution 1024 x 768. Strike . to OK. Strike . At this resolution the mouse and display coordinates are aligned ... and the VESA driver isn't used; good! The new setting isn't pr

Re (3): xorg.conf for vesa

2009-12-22 Thread peasthope
CamaleA3n, > http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg > > You can follow the steps provided in *"What if I do not have an xorg > config file?"* and let xorg to generate its own "xorg.conf" file. Then > just change the "Driver" line and replace it with "vesa

Re: Re (2): xorg.conf for vesa

2009-12-22 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:28:31 -0800, peasthope wrote: > Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:50:09 + (UTC), Camaleon wrote, >> Section "Device" >> Identifier "Configured Video Device" >> Driver "vesa" >> EndSecti

Re (2): xorg.conf for vesa

2009-12-21 Thread peasthope
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:50:09 + (UTC), Camaleon wrote, > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > Driver "vesa" > EndSection > > And restart X. Yields a black screen. > Review the xorg log to

Re: xorg.conf for vesa

2009-12-21 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:45:51 -0800, peasthope wrote: > The problem with X and the Intel 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller is > expanding. A mouse pointer is no longer visible. > > Can anyone offer an xorg.conf which will ensure that the vesa driver is > used rather than the

xorg.conf for vesa

2009-12-21 Thread peasthope
Folk, The problem with X and the Intel 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller is expanding. A mouse pointer is no longer visible. Can anyone offer an xorg.conf which will ensure that the vesa driver is used rather than the current default driver. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Google

Re: How to activate VESA mode on boot-up?

2009-07-10 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Robert Latest wrote: Hello folks, recently I accidentally hosed my old kernel image (it was something that ended on -k7). The only reason I'd kept it was because I couldn't get anything but the ugly boxy 80-by-something text mode console fonts to work with the 2.6.26-x-686 line of Debian prepack

Re: How to activate VESA mode on boot-up?

2009-07-07 Thread Robert Latest
Hello Frank, > Assuming you are running a Debian kernel, Correct, 2.26-2-686 out of the box >>                         Use vga=ask for menu. doesn't work. All I get is the list of standard VGA modes. When I type "scan", the screen goes blang for about a minute but the system doesn't find any ad

Re: How to activate VESA mode on boot-up?

2009-07-06 Thread Frank Lin PIAT
On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 21:59 +0200, Robert Latest wrote: > > Long story short, when I put "vga=ask" in grub's menu.lst, I can't > enter anything but the 80-by-something modes. I've searched the Net up > and down, have tried the 0x30... modes in hex, in decimal , with the > '0x' and without ... noth

Re: How to activate VESA mode on boot-up?

2009-07-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun,05.Jul.09, 21:59:17, Robert Latest wrote: > > What can I do? I like working in the console a lot, but I need more > and better-looking characters on screen. Try using modes shown by 'hwinfo --framebuffer' (in package hwinfo). Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't u

Re: How to activate VESA mode on boot-up?

2009-07-05 Thread lee
On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 09:59:17PM +0200, Robert Latest wrote: > Long story short, when I put "vga=ask" in grub's menu.lst, I can't > enter anything but the 80-by-something modes. Have you enabled video mode selection support? That used to be a kernel option. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-

How to activate VESA mode on boot-up?

2009-07-05 Thread Robert Latest
Hello folks, recently I accidentally hosed my old kernel image (it was something that ended on -k7). The only reason I'd kept it was because I couldn't get anything but the ugly boxy 80-by-something text mode console fonts to work with the 2.6.26-x-686 line of Debian prepackaged kernels. Anyway,

Re: xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade

2009-05-02 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 02 May 2009, Stefan Bellon wrote: > Kelly Clowers wrote: > > Just for fun, you might try purging and reinstalling > > the drivers, then see what kind of results you get > > with this setup. > > Yes, you are right. Because of the fact that not even the vesa driver &g

Re: xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade

2009-05-02 Thread Stefan Bellon
Kelly Clowers wrote: > Just for fun, you might try purging and reinstalling > the drivers, then see what kind of results you get > with this setup. Yes, you are right. Because of the fact that not even the vesa driver worked, I went that way and uninstalled all the fglrx related pac

Re: xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade

2009-05-02 Thread Stefan Bellon
Anthony Campbell wrote: > I have the same card and it is working well on Sid, with 3d > acceleration, using radeonhd. Make sure have firmware-linux (see bug > 523724). Would you mind posting or sending me by private email your xorg.conf configuration file? Greetings, Stefan -- Stefan Bellon

Re: xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade

2009-05-01 Thread Anthony Campbell
n is too new for you, you can install an > > older fglrx (9.3) or stick with the free driver. > > But nevertheless, even if my X1400 was legacy and not supported in > fglrx anymore (which is not the case), then the main problem is that > neither radeonhd, nor radeon, nor pla

Re: xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade

2009-05-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <49fad646.40...@googlemail.com>, thveillon.debian wrote: >I don't know if I am the only one, but the attachment you sent in the >first message has been messed up, to the point that it's impossible to >understand anything: > >begin 644 xorg.conf >M"B,@>&]R9RYC;VYF("A8;W)G(%@@5VEN9&]W(%-Y[...] > >

Re: xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade

2009-05-01 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 04:18, Stefan Bellon wrote: > thveillon.debian wrote: >> I don't know if I am the only one, but the attachment you sent in the >> first message has been messed up, to the point that it's impossible to >> understand anything: > > Ah, didn't know that. I'll put the files inlin

Re: xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade

2009-05-01 Thread Stefan Bellon
(size = 0x4000) (II) RADEONHD(0): FB: Allocated Cursor Image at offset 0x4000 (size = 0x4000) (II) RADEONHD(0): Connector[0] {RHD_CONNECTOR_VGA, "VGA CRT1", RHD_DDC_0, RHD_HPD_NONE, { RHD_OUTPUT_DACA, RHD_OUTPUT_NONE } } (II) RADEONHD(0): Connector[1] {RHD_CONNECTOR_PANEL,

Re: xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade

2009-05-01 Thread thveillon.debian
rietary libGL maybe ? > > Unlikely. In the past I have switched between fglrx, radeon and vesa > quite some times if one or the other did have some issue. And switching > to another one always worked without having to change more than the > driver line in the xorg.conf file. >

Re: xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade

2009-05-01 Thread Stefan Bellon
tched between fglrx, radeon and vesa quite some times if one or the other did have some issue. And switching to another one always worked without having to change more than the driver line in the xorg.conf file. It looks like the new Xorg has some very fundamental change which I am not aware of. So,

Re: xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade

2009-05-01 Thread thveillon.debian
less, even if my X1400 was legacy and not supported in > fglrx anymore (which is not the case), then the main problem is that > neither radeonhd, nor radeon, nor plain vesa seem to work right now. > THIS is my problem. So maybe you have another problem on top of that, some leftovers fro

Re: xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade

2009-05-01 Thread Stefan Bellon
river. But nevertheless, even if my X1400 was legacy and not supported in fglrx anymore (which is not the case), then the main problem is that neither radeonhd, nor radeon, nor plain vesa seem to work right now. THIS is my problem. Still being very grateful for hints. Greetings, Stefan -- Stefa

Re: xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade

2009-04-30 Thread thveillon.debian
ect is, that for fglrx there seems to be some ABI > incompatibility such that X does not start (ABI 2.0 of fglrx vs. ABI > 5.0 of Xorg) and when falling back to other drivers like radeon, > radeonhd or even vesa, then the display goes black as soon as X starts > and nothing happens anym

xorg (fglrx, radeon, radeonhd, vesa) not working after upgrade

2009-04-30 Thread Stefan Bellon
ABI 2.0 of fglrx vs. ABI 5.0 of Xorg) and when falling back to other drivers like radeon, radeonhd or even vesa, then the display goes black as soon as X starts and nothing happens anymore, switching back to the console is not possible, and the machine can only be operated via remote login. The inst

Re: [solved] Xorg vesa driver stopped working after kernel upgrade

2008-07-27 Thread Salvo Isaja
Hi, it seems I have solved the following problem, or at least I have found a workaround. > I use Debian for a few years now (since Sarge was Testing), the > Testing distribution, regularly dist-upgrading it. I have an ATI > Radeon X1300 graphics card, hence "vesa" driver

Re: Xorg vesa driver stopped working after kernel upgrade

2008-07-18 Thread Salvo Isaja
Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson ha scritto: Have you tried the radeonhd driver? I'll try it this evening, thanks for the hint. But, in any case, isn't it strange that just running a kernel newer than 2.6.18 makes *vesa* stop working? Bye, Salvo -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Xorg vesa driver stopped working after kernel upgrade

2008-07-18 Thread Salvo Isaja
Il Friday 18 July 2008 15:30:04 Salvo Isaja ha scritto: > Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson ha scritto: > > Have you tried the radeonhd driver? > > I'll try it this evening, thanks for the hint. I've just tried the radeonhd driver, and I experience a problem similar to the ves

Re: Xorg vesa driver stopped working after kernel upgrade

2008-07-18 Thread Salvo Isaja
Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson ha scritto: Have you tried the radeonhd driver? I'll try it this evening, thanks for the hint. But, in any case, isn't it strange that just running a kernel newer than 2.6.18 makes vesa (that I used to believe the safest) stop working? Bye, Salvo

Re: Xorg vesa driver stopped working after kernel upgrade

2008-07-17 Thread Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 03:20:50PM +0200, Salvo Isaja wrote: > Hi there, > I use Debian for a few years now (since Sarge was Testing), the Testing > distribution, regularly dist-upgrading it. I have an ATI Radeon X1300 > graphics card, hence "vesa" driver in Xorg (&q

Xorg vesa driver stopped working after kernel upgrade

2008-07-17 Thread Salvo Isaja
ard, hence "vesa" driver in Xorg ("ati" and "radeon" don't seem to work, will look into the proprietary ATI driver in the near future). FWIW, I have an AMD Sempron PC, 512 MiB RAM, 1152x864x24bpp screen mode. All worked just fine on this box until a kernel upd

Re: Support for VESA Textmode 132x60

2008-04-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 08:17:32AM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote: > Luis Ariel Lecca wrote: > >On 04/16/08 11:15, Joey Schulze wrote: > >> I'm seeking information on modern graphic cards (PCI, PCIe) that > >> support VESA BIOS mode 0x010C, a s

Re: Support for VESA Textmode 132x60

2008-04-16 Thread Joey Schulze
Luis Ariel Lecca wrote: >On 04/16/08 11:15, Joey Schulze wrote: >> I'm seeking information on modern graphic cards (PCI, PCIe) that > > support VESA BIOS mode 0x010C, a special text mode that works with >> 132x60 characters. Linux supports this mo

Re: Support for VESA Textmode 132x60

2008-04-16 Thread Joey Schulze
Ron Johnson wrote: > > I'm seeking information on modern graphic cards (PCI, PCIe) that > > support VESA BIOS mode 0x010C, a special text mode that works with > > 132x60 characters. Linux supports this mode when the graphics board > > provides this particular mode

Re: Support for VESA Textmode 132x60

2008-04-16 Thread Luis Ariel Lecca
On 04/16/08 11:15, Joey Schulze wrote: > I'm seeking information on modern graphic cards (PCI, PCIe) that > support VESA BIOS mode 0x010C, a special text mode that works with > 132x60 characters. Linux supports this mode when the graphics board > provides this particular mode.

Re: Support for VESA Textmode 132x60

2008-04-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/16/08 11:15, Joey Schulze wrote: > Hi, > > I'm seeking information on modern graphic cards (PCI, PCIe) that > support VESA BIOS mode 0x010C, a special text mode that works with > 132x60 characters. Linux supports this mo

Support for VESA Textmode 132x60

2008-04-16 Thread Joey Schulze
Hi, I'm seeking information on modern graphic cards (PCI, PCIe) that support VESA BIOS mode 0x010C, a special text mode that works with 132x60 characters. Linux supports this mode when the graphics board provides this particular mode. Unfortunately, not many of current video cards support

Re: vesa 1280x800

2008-01-12 Thread Kelly Clowers
; On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 10:21:56AM +0100, Kum Gabor wrote: > > > > > Can somebody help me how to set up 1280x800 on Etch with vesa driver? > > > > > For me only 1280x720 is working. (video is SiS672) > > > > > > > > That may not be possible

Re: vesa 1280x800

2008-01-12 Thread Kum Gabor
somebody help me how to set up 1280x800 on Etch with vesa driver? > > > > For me only 1280x720 is working. (video is SiS672) > > > > > > That may not be possible for the vesa driver (see the vesa(4) man page) > > > as it only accesses the basic vesa-compli

Re: vesa 1280x800

2008-01-12 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 10:50:01AM +0100, Kum Gabor wrote: > On Saturday 12 January 2008 00:59, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 10:21:56AM +0100, Kum Gabor wrote: > > > Can somebody help me how to set up 1280x800 on Etch with vesa driver? > > > For

Re: vesa 1280x800

2008-01-12 Thread Kum Gabor
On Saturday 12 January 2008 00:59, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 10:21:56AM +0100, Kum Gabor wrote: > > Can somebody help me how to set up 1280x800 on Etch with vesa driver? > > For me only 1280x720 is working. (video is SiS672) > > That may not be possibl

Re: vesa 1280x800

2008-01-11 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 10:21:56AM +0100, Kum Gabor wrote: > Can somebody help me how to set up 1280x800 on Etch with vesa driver? > For me only 1280x720 is working. (video is SiS672) > That may not be possible for the vesa driver (see the vesa(4) man page) as it only accesses the b

vesa 1280x800

2008-01-11 Thread Kum Gabor
Hello! Can somebody help me how to set up 1280x800 on Etch with vesa driver? For me only 1280x720 is working. (video is SiS672) regards, -- Kum Gabor www.kumgabor.hu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dpms setting does not work for vesa

2007-08-24 Thread - Tong -
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:33:46 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > xset -dpms > > This appears to work ok, and my monitor stays on all the time. Thanks for the respond, Nigel. But unfortunately what I want is how to get dpms working, not to disable it. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://x

Re: dpms setting does not work for vesa

2007-08-23 Thread Nigel Henry
roblem is that none of the dpms setting is working: > > xset dpms force standby > xset dpms force suspend > xset dpms force off > > None of the above command has any effect. I'm using the vesa driver. Is > this a known issue? > > thanks Hi Tong. I used to find that

dpms setting does not work for vesa

2007-08-23 Thread - Tong -
module, > > "extmod"# some commonly used server extensions (e.g. shape extension) > > I'm able to use 'xset dpms force off' again. But the problem is that none of the dpms setting is working: xset dpms force standby xset dpms force suspend xset dpms

Re: New LCD monitor problem : VESA Can't handle it.

2007-06-18 Thread Wayne Topa
vga=791, 792, and 793 worked on the CRT but > no 1280x1024 modes work on the LCD. > It seems that xorg VESA driver can't do it here. from the /var/log/Xorg.0.log (II) VESA(0): Total Memory: 64 64KB banks (4096kB) (II) VESA(0): Samsung 204BW: Using hsync range of 30.00-81.00 k

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 06:28:50PM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > So I add "nvidiafb" to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules, run > "update-initramfs -u" (this is fun) and now "nvidia" is also listed. > > Now I reboot and try "video=nvidiafb:1280x960" and > "video=nvidiafb:1024x768" and get something sli

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-22 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 18:56 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 07:24:40AM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > > > There doesn't seem to be a correct vga= parameter for 1280x960. > > I was suggesting 791 as it is still better then the default and you can > see something happening (

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 07:24:40AM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > There doesn't seem to be a correct vga= parameter for 1280x960. I was suggesting 791 as it is still better then the default and you can see something happening (I just hate it when I mess with options and I see no change :)) > I'

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-22 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 09:33 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 07:44:14PM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > > Anyway, I tried some other video= lines and nothing makes any > > difference. I tried vesafb, rivafb, and nvidiafb for the driver and > > both 1024x768 (vga=791 works fine)

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 07:44:14PM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > Anyway, I tried some other video= lines and nothing makes any > difference. I tried vesafb, rivafb, and nvidiafb for the driver and > both 1024x768 (vga=791 works fine) and 1280x960 for the resolution (all > combinations for rivafb

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-21 Thread Owen Heisler
t; kernel & atyfb/mach64. ... > I suspect that debian kernels are compiled w/o native driver support > because the sum total of all the specific drivers ends up support only a > subset of the hundreds or video cards & chipsets available .. and since > once they're present they wou

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-21 Thread cga2000
r built-in or as a module. > > Sorry, I thought you were telling him he needs to recompile the kernel. > I missed the "may". I suspect that debian kernels are compiled w/o native driver support because the sum total of all the specific drivers ends up support only a subset of

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:18:37AM -0400, cga2000 wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 02:44:29AM EDT, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 11:06:39PM -0400, cga2000 wrote: > > > > > > I tried: > > > > video=rivafb:1280x960 > > > > video=vesafb:1280x960 > > > > > > > > but neither worke

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-21 Thread cga2000
t I was saying is that support for his card may have been included in whatever kernel he's using .. either built-in or as a module. The other aspect is that initrd or not .. I have never managed to get the frame buffer console to start when using atyfb instead of the generic vesa when compilin

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-20 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 11:06:39PM -0400, cga2000 wrote: > > I tried: > > video=rivafb:1280x960 > > video=vesafb:1280x960 > > > > but neither worked. > > You do realize that you may need to compile a custom kernel to enable > support for a given video card..? Not necessarily. It should work i

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-20 Thread cga2000
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 07:25:41PM EDT, Owen Heisler wrote: [..] > A list of the available video drivers here (?): > http://linux-fbdev.sourceforge.net/driverlist.php > > I tried: > video=rivafb:1280x960 > video=vesafb:1280x960 > > but neither worked. You do realize that you may need to compil

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-20 Thread Owen Heisler
8:34 -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 16:02 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > > > http://www.gregfolkert.net/info/vesa-display-codes.html > > > > > > > > > > Very helpful! Although no 1280x960 (grr) unfortun

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-20 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 17:25 -0400, cga2000 wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 12:01:18PM EDT, Greg Folkert wrote: > > Mind if I add snippets of you two posts to Owen to that Vesa Mode Page? > > Not in principle naturally. [snip] > Oh, if you do decide to add something to your we

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-20 Thread cga2000
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 12:01:18PM EDT, Greg Folkert wrote: [..} > Mind if I add snippets of you two posts to Owen to that Vesa Mode Page? Not in principle naturally. Just that I'd be a little concerned about the contents of my posts possibly misleading others .. A clear case of

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-20 Thread Greg Folkert
8:34 -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 16:02 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > > > http://www.gregfolkert.net/info/vesa-display-codes.html > > > > > > > > > > Very helpful! Although no 1280x960 (grr) unfortun

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-19 Thread cga2000
6:02 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > > http://www.gregfolkert.net/info/vesa-display-codes.html > > > > > > > > Very helpful! Although no 1280x960 (grr) unfortunately. Is there any > > > > way to get that? > > > > > > vbetool

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-19 Thread cga2000
6:02 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > > http://www.gregfolkert.net/info/vesa-display-codes.html > > > > > > > > Very helpful! Although no 1280x960 (grr) unfortunately. Is there any > > > > way to get that? > > > > > > vbetool

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-19 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 18:33 -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > video=<>:xres:<>,yres:<>,depth:<>,left:<>,right:<>,hslen:<>,upper:<>,lower:<>,vslen:<> > > It looks like I need something like this: > Modeline "1280x1024" DCF HR SH1 SH2 HFL VR SV1 SV2 VFL > > Is there some way to get that from xorg? > >

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-19 Thread Owen Heisler
On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 19:10 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 00:10 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 18:34 -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 16:02 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > http://www.gregfolkert.ne

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-19 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 17:09 -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 00:10 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 18:34 -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 16:02 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > http://www.gregfolkert.ne

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-19 Thread Owen Heisler
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 00:10 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 18:34 -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 16:02 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > http://www.gregfolkert.net/info/vesa-display-codes.html > > > > Very helpful! Although n

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-17 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 18:34 -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 16:02 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > http://www.gregfolkert.net/info/vesa-display-codes.html > > Very helpful! Although no 1280x960 (grr) unfortunately. Is there any > way to get that? vbetool is

Re: vesa display codes (Etch Xorg memory leak?)

2007-05-17 Thread Owen Heisler
On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 16:02 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > http://www.gregfolkert.net/info/vesa-display-codes.html Very helpful! Although no 1280x960 (grr) unfortunately. Is there any way to get that? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

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