Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] Help with 800x480 Framebuffer (16 bit color or less)

[Lan U. <ob...@am...>]

--- "Antonino A. Daplas" <ad...@gm...> wrote:
> Lan User wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm the proud owner of a Toshiba Libretto 100CT
> > laptop that has an 800x480 LCD screen.  I'm using
> > 2.6.16 kernel.  I'd like to enable bootsplash on
> > machine but need a 16 bit or less framebuffer to
> > I found the 24 bit framebuffer mode of vga=806 but
> > unable to figure out a 16 bit (or less) mode that
> > color or less?
> 
> Run X using the 'vesa' driver. Look at
> /var/log/X*.0.log.
> It should contain a list of modes that the BIOS
> Pick the one you want, and take down the mode id
> mode id is a 2 digit hexadecimal number).  
> Add 0x200 to the
> mode id and use that in your vga= line.
> Tony

Thank you very much Tony.

That worked beautifuly.  I found the mode 127 in the
Xorg.log file, added 200 and ouila with vga=0x327 I
was  able to boot with an 800x480 16 bit framebuffer
console and was also able to enable bootsplash.

I converted 0x327 to decimal and vga=807 worked too. 
I could have sworn that I tried 807 before but I must
not have.

Anywho, thank you very much Tony and thanks gooes out
to all the people who have worked on the framebuffer
project.

Patrick.