Subject: Re: video setings @ boot-time
From: Keary Suska (hierophant@pcisys.net)
Date: Mon Nov 19 2001 - 09:22:10 MST
Look in the LinuxPPC faq-o-matic. The subject isn't very clear of it's
contents, it's listed something like "how do I pass additional parameters to
the kernel". It tells you how to specify the video driver as well as
resolution and color depth. Be aware, however, that not all modes are
supported. For instance, on my G4 sawtooth, I could only get 1280x1024 and
without specifying the color depth. Although the depth is really only
relevant for X, and you can specify it in the XF86config-4 file.
Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"
> From: Alexander Holst <holst@fh-pforzheim.de>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:08:58 +0100
> To: YDL General <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
> Subject: video setings @ boot-time
>
> Hi y'all
>
> short question: what are the additional kernel parameters to set the video
> resolution to 1152x870/1152x864 at boot-time?
>
> I just finished installing YDL 2.1 on a beige G3 233 DT. I used to run YDL
> 2.0 on it before, which booted in 1024x768, but YDL 2.1 boots in 640x480
> only - I would like all consoles to have 1152x870 from scratch and not
> through always running fbset. This is a Linux only box booting via miBoot.
>
> Is there a way to specify the initial resolution when compiling a new
> kernel, and if where would I find that feature.
>
> Any help appreciated. TIA
>
>
>
> Greetings,
>
>
> Alexander Holst
> SysAdmin MacLabor Visuelle Kommunikation
> Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences
> Germany
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>
>
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