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Re (3): HOW2 test a frame-buffer?

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In article <op.v7o4xkyna3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net>, "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote: 

> On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:15:35 -0500, <no.top.post@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On the HP:Win7:netbook with CF:Debian:Etch
> > -> cat <file>    >   /dev/.static/dev/fb0
> > == <-bash: no such device: /dev/.static/dev/>
> >
> > And yet
> > -> ls -l /dev/.static/dev/fb*
> > shows all 8 of them.
> 
> Note that the error is not "No such file or directory", which
> you would get if the filename was not present.
> 
> The underlying device is not there, meaning the frame buffer
> module has not been loaded, so the tty is in text only mode.
> 
> Try adding vga=795 as a kernel boot parameter.
> 
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
> ================
OK, I followed your lead, to some google articles.
vga=865 does it for me.
It's amazing to see this HP-mini break free from the
the Micro$loth monopoly.

Thanks.

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HOW2 test a frame-buffer? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-01-04 14:10 +0000
  Re: HOW2 test a frame-buffer? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-01-06 08:15 +0000
    Re: HOW2 test a frame-buffer? pacman@kosh.dhis.org (Alan Curry) - 2012-01-06 08:57 +0000
      Re (2): HOW2 test a frame-buffer? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-01-06 16:26 +0000
    Re: HOW2 test a frame-buffer? "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2012-01-06 23:18 -0500
      Re (2): HOW2 test a frame-buffer? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-01-08 05:35 +0000
      Re (3): HOW2 test a frame-buffer? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-01-08 15:42 +0000

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