From: Hari S. <hps...@go...> - 2006-10-13 12:53:23
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I have a new machine with an nVidia NV18GL [Quadro FX 550] card in it. I have compiled both vesafb-tng and nvidia framebuffer support in to the kernel and tried various things without success. I find the whole framebuffer device thing a bit weird in practice, a bit hit-and-miss, sometimes I get it and sometimes I don't. I have tried various lines in my grub menu.lst such as kernel (hd0,2)/boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap,1024x768-32@85 which was taken from the usually excellent gentoo handbook and kernel (hd0,2)/boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/sda3 video=nvidiafb vga=0x318 but neither seem to work. I just get an error immediately on boot saying the mode wasn't recognised or something and it gives me a list of modes to choose from, all of which end up in a normal looking terminal without the nice framebuffer screen. I am a little confused by the lack of clear documentation on this. Could somebody point me in the right direction? -- Hari Sekhon |
From: James L. <ja...@ak...> - 2006-10-13 16:43:50
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If you don't see Tux the penguin in the upper left corner of the screen during boot, then your kernel is not coming up with a frame buffer. Trying anything after that is pointless. Either fiddle with your kernel some more or get another video card. James. :o) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hari Sekhon" <hps...@go...> To: <lin...@li...> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:54 AM Subject: [Linux-fbdev-users] Framebuffer on nVidia NV18GL? > I have a new machine with an nVidia NV18GL [Quadro FX 550] card in it. I > have compiled both vesafb-tng and nvidia framebuffer support in to the > kernel and tried various things without success. > > I find the whole framebuffer device thing a bit weird in practice, a bit > hit-and-miss, sometimes I get it and sometimes I don't. > > I have tried various lines in my grub menu.lst such as > > kernel (hd0,2)/boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/sda3 > video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap,1024x768-32@85 > > which was taken from the usually excellent gentoo handbook and > > kernel (hd0,2)/boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/sda3 > video=nvidiafb vga=0x318 > > but neither seem to work. I just get an error immediately on boot saying > the mode wasn't recognised or something and it gives me a list of modes > to choose from, all of which end up in a normal looking terminal without > the nice framebuffer screen. I am a little confused by the lack of clear > documentation on this. > > Could somebody point me in the right direction? > > -- > Hari Sekhon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Linux-fbdev-users mailing list > Lin...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-fbdev-users > |
From: Hari S. <hps...@go...> - 2006-10-13 17:19:38
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It's ok, I've got the framebuffer working with vesafb-tng and it's a nice 1280x1024 resolution screen. I decided against using the nvidia framebuffer since it is apparently not compatible with the nvidia binary drivers, which I may want to use. -h Hari Sekhon James Lehman wrote: > If you don't see Tux the penguin in the upper left corner of the screen > during boot, then your kernel is not coming up with a frame buffer. Trying > anything after that is pointless. Either fiddle with your kernel some more > or get another video card. > > James. :o) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hari Sekhon" <hps...@go...> > To: <lin...@li...> > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:54 AM > Subject: [Linux-fbdev-users] Framebuffer on nVidia NV18GL? > > > >> I have a new machine with an nVidia NV18GL [Quadro FX 550] card in it. I >> have compiled both vesafb-tng and nvidia framebuffer support in to the >> kernel and tried various things without success. >> >> I find the whole framebuffer device thing a bit weird in practice, a bit >> hit-and-miss, sometimes I get it and sometimes I don't. >> >> I have tried various lines in my grub menu.lst such as >> >> kernel (hd0,2)/boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/sda3 >> video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap,1024x768-32@85 >> >> which was taken from the usually excellent gentoo handbook and >> >> kernel (hd0,2)/boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/sda3 >> video=nvidiafb vga=0x318 >> >> but neither seem to work. I just get an error immediately on boot saying >> the mode wasn't recognised or something and it gives me a list of modes >> to choose from, all of which end up in a normal looking terminal without >> the nice framebuffer screen. I am a little confused by the lack of clear >> documentation on this. >> >> Could somebody point me in the right direction? >> >> -- >> Hari Sekhon >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job >> > easier > >> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-fbdev-users mailing list >> Lin...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-fbdev-users >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Linux-fbdev-users mailing list > Lin...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-fbdev-users > > |