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Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles?

From Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles?
Followup-To comp.os.linux.misc
Date 2015-05-06 00:21 +0200
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On Tuesday 05 May 2015 22:45, Andreas Kohlbach conveyed the following to 
comp.os.linux.misc...

> Chris wrote on 03. May 2015:
>>
>>> I tried both, "nokmsboot" and "vga=0" at the boot prompt. None
>>> produces the result I hoped for. Not even when I pass both to the
>>> kernel at the same boot.
>>
>> My computer has a budget 5450 radeon graphics card and uses the open
>> source xorg driver. Wheezy.
>> In file
>> /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf
>> the line
>> options radeon modeset=1
>> results in teeny tiny text in virtual consoles and
>> allows sound through the HDMI connection
>>
>> the line
>> options radeon modeset=0
>> gives the old vga low-resolution 80x25 character text in consoles and
>> disables HDMI sound.
> 
> I tried that and I also get the low-resolution text. But then X won't
> come up. Getting
> 
> | [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
> 
> in the Xorg log.
> 
> I set "modeset=1" again. And will investigate this weekend if there
> isn't a way to have both.

If you want high resolution graphics in X without using a modesetting 
driver, then you must blacklist the modesetting driver ─ in your case, 
that's "radeon" ─ and use the proprietary driver for X ─ in your case, 
fglrx.

-- 
= Aragorn =

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What determines the width of the virtual consoles? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-04-28 23:56 +0000
  Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-29 05:13 +0100
    Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-04-29 06:43 +0200
      Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-29 06:30 +0100
        Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2015-04-29 15:14 +0000
          Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-04-29 15:53 +0000
      Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-04-29 11:33 +0000
        Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-04-29 06:51 -0500
          Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-04-29 13:07 +0000
            Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-04-29 09:15 -0500
          Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2015-05-22 08:05 +0000
            Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Lucas Levrel <lucas.levrel@u-pec.fr> - 2015-05-22 15:38 +0200
        Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2015-05-09 19:41 -0400
      Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Andreas Kohlbach <apr15.7.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-04-29 18:09 -0400
        Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-04-30 01:02 +0200
          Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Andreas Kohlbach <may15.7.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-05-02 16:28 -0400
            Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Chris <cmilnec@spam.net> - 2015-05-04 03:40 +0000
              Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-05-04 11:23 +0000
              Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Andreas Kohlbach <may15.7.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-05-05 16:45 -0400
                Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-05-06 00:21 +0200
                Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Andreas Kohlbach <may15.7.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-05-06 17:07 -0400
            Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Bill Marcum <bill.marcum57@gmail.com> - 2015-05-06 03:22 -0400
              Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-05-08 21:30 +0000
                Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? Andreas Kohlbach <may15.7.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-05-09 16:28 -0400
  Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-04-29 06:56 -0500
    Re: What determines the width of the virtual consoles? "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldi@notaserver.com> - 2015-04-29 13:00 -0500

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