From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762792AbXGRLUE (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:20:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755540AbXGRLTy (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:19:54 -0400 Received: from agave.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.137.77]:55118 "EHLO agave.telenet-ops.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752056AbXGRLTy (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:19:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:19:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Sasa Ostrouska cc: Daniel Drake , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: VESAFB CUSTOM RESOLUTION In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <469D71FB.5070408@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Sasa Ostrouska wrote: > On 7/18/07, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Sasa Ostrouska wrote: > > > On 7/18/07, Daniel Drake wrote: > > > > Sasa Ostrouska wrote: > > > > > I want to ask one question about a custom resolution in the console. > > > > > I have a Sony Vaio Laptop VGN-SZ2VP/X, the screen resolution is > > > > > 1280x800, now I'm using the vga=773 which is an 1024x768 but this is > > > > > ugly as I get a border of about 2-3cm on one the sides of the screen. > > > > > So is there a way that I set the 1280x800 resolution at boot time ? > > > > > > > > I don't think vesafb can do what you want. However, uvesafb probably > > can. > > > > > > > > http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ > > > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > Daniel you seem to be right, as till now, no one of those solutions > > > for me worked, I always end up or with a non recognised option or a > > > small square 640x480 pixels where I see the console. I need to try > > > still the vbetest thing what Mr. Daplas proposed. > > > > > > In any case this laptop has an screen of 16:10 aspect ratio and I > > > belive would be good > > > to have those modes in the vesafb driver. > > > > There are no modes in the vesafb driver. The vesafb driver uses the > > video mode that was set by the BIOS before starting Linux. > > > Geert, in that case what should i do to use the full screen, probably > usind another driver ? Yes, you can use a driver for one of yours graphics adapters. > This laptop has 2 graphic cards in it. One is a Intel 915 another is > the nVidia GeForce 7400. I manly use the nvidia one when i'm on AC > adapter. > So how can I do to set the console to 1280x800 ? Use nvidiafb and video=1280x800? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds