Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750724AbWEVIpJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 May 2006 04:45:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750726AbWEVIpJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 May 2006 04:45:09 -0400 Received: from mail.bmlv.gv.at ([193.171.152.37]:55990 "EHLO mail.bmlv.gv.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750724AbWEVIpH (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 May 2006 04:45:07 -0400 From: "Ph. Marek" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Documentation update Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 10:45:20 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200605221045.21671.philipp.marek@bmlv.gv.at> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1254 Lines: 35 The example is different from the description above, and a remark for mode setting. diff -u linux-source-2.6.14.orig/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt linux-source-2.6.14/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt --- linux-source-2.6.14.orig/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt 2005-10-28 02:02:08.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-source-2.6.14/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt 2006-05-19 14:32:16.000000000 +0200 @@ -85,12 +85,20 @@ In /etc/lilo.conf, add the line: -append="video=intelfb:800x600-32@75,accel,hwcursor,vram=8" +append="video=intelfb:mode=800x600-32@75,accel,hwcursor,vram=8" This will initialize the framebuffer to 800x600 at 32bpp and 75Hz. The framebuffer will use 8 MB of System RAM. hw acceleration of text and cursor will be enabled. +Remarks +------- + +If setting this parameter doesn't work (you stay in a 80x25 text-mode), +you might need to set the "vga=" parameter too - see vesafb.txt +in this directory. + + D. Module options The module parameters are essentially similar to the kernel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/