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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:08:16 +0200
From: Oncaphillis <oncaphillis@snafu.de>
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Subject: Re: vesafb@1280x1024 used to work for me in 2.4.x
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Oh !! This is so embarrassing !!
It's kernel 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 not 2.4.x and 2.5.x

Sorry

O.


Oncaphillis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a 1600x1024 LCD panel with a nvidia
> GeForce 7600 graphic card. Up until recently I used
> a 2.4.xx kernel and could happily convince it to use
> the vesafb at 1280x1024 res in vertical mode by
> adding "vga=775 fbcfbcon=rotate:3" as a kernel arg.
> 
> This stopped to work for me since 2.5.x. The vesafb prompts
> me for some dull resolutions (like 80x60 etc).
> 
> Note that 775 never showed up as a supported vesa mode.
> If I supplied any bogus vesa mode (e.g. vga=999999) the
> 2.4.x vesafb driver also only offered me the dull resolutions. But
> explicitly setting it to 775 worked.
> 
> Thank you very much indeed
> 
> O.
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