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LCA: Graphics driver ponies

LCA: Graphics driver ponies

Posted Jan 28, 2010 13:29 UTC (Thu) by xav (guest, #18536)
In reply to: LCA: Graphics driver ponies by thedevil
Parent article: LCA: Graphics driver ponies

By default on my system KMS sets the console framebuffer to 1900x1200, which makes fro a quite high res text console (I don't know how much, but far more than 80x25).

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LCA: Graphics driver ponies

Posted Jan 28, 2010 14:57 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (2 responses)

I do wonder how to set the resolution to something nonstandard. As far as
I can tell with Radeon KMS there is no way: the resolution the monitor
prefers is always selected. This is normally fine for those of us with
LCDs, but for the poor sods stuck on CRTs it seems suboptimal.

(but, yes, a nice fb console with huge numbers of rows and columns which
does not bugger up X acceleration is a major plus of KMS. Another major
plus.)

LCA: Graphics driver ponies

Posted Jan 28, 2010 21:52 UTC (Thu) by michich (guest, #17902) [Link] (1 responses)

Boot parameter video=800x600 works for me with Radeon KMS. See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.

LCA: Graphics driver ponies

Posted Jan 28, 2010 22:53 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

OK, no wonder I couldn't find the docs. fb/modedb.txt is, uh, not the most
obvious of places :)

(though 800x600 is the last-ditch fallback resolution in any case, so
perhaps not the best one to test with.)

LCA: Graphics driver ponies

Posted Feb 2, 2010 1:38 UTC (Tue) by Spudd86 (subscriber, #51683) [Link]

If the text is too small change the console font to something bigger.


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