Re: Intel Framebuffer doesn't work on a notebook

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:35:14 +0100, Florian Reitmeir <florian@reitmeir.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Damian Ryszka wrote:
>
>> >I have a Notebook with an Intel VGA-Controller and the
>> >framebuffer will not work. Any idea what could be wrong?
>> >What does the line mean 'Video mode must be programmed at boot time'?
>>
>> It means that you need to set video mode at boot time
>>
>> >The command line (in grub) is:
>> >root=/dev/hda3 ro video=intelfb:mode=1024x768-32@60 resume=/dev/hda6
>>
>> In that line, I think, you need to add extra parameter "vga=". I'm using
>> "vga=791", which means 1024x768, 16bit. Set it in /boot/grub/menu.lst.
>> My
>> looks like this:
>>
>> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686 root=/dev/hda6 ro vga=791
>
> do you use an intelfb? or ati? the question is, is the above a
> "suggestion"
> or "do it, i do it my self like this"?

My graphic card is ati. This line, is a copy of my configuration, so this exactly what I'm using.

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