From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761178AbXGRJuV (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:50:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753786AbXGRJuJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:50:09 -0400 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.230]:56236 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751626AbXGRJuH (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:50:07 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ersx+WFo4LEkGnpfuXPhgaFrsv/x+hFuW4aAqhz5uOTdgl6Ma917/agcN478hNICEqGp4pyxLXoUsGsy/S3k4qiCycAiY9woyaajnSu8iDkQBS9nChZoSTOg+Mx564C8enF5+ZlGjJaw9+6iRPpRCaRrPlCMU8+J0ZUqMlX/PRM= Message-ID: Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:50:06 +0200 From: "Sasa Ostrouska" To: "Geert Uytterhoeven" Subject: Re: VESAFB CUSTOM RESOLUTION Cc: "Daniel Drake" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <469D71FB.5070408@gentoo.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. > > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert > Geert, in that case what should i do to use the full screen, probably usind another driver ? 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 ? Rgds Sasa