[Splashy-users] Slashy Bug

Luis M Luis M <lemsx1@gmail.com>
Sun, 24 Apr 2005 00:52:34 -0400


i have seen something similar to this using the i810 video cards from
intel (i.e. integrated video in your motherboard).

is this the video card you have? maybe you have to setup your
framebuffer differently (choosing a driver other than vesafb)

On 4/22/05, Q <raid517@fairadsl.co.uk> wrote:
> I have the framebuffer set at vga=3D0x317, but it still runs in a small
> window on the top left of my screen.
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> Luis M wrote:
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> >Hello,
> >
> >Assuming you are using the latest version of splashy. You will need to
> >pass the following argument to the Linux kernel:
> >
> >vga=3D0x317 <--- this sets the screen to 1024x768 w/ 16bit (64k colors)
> >
> >vga=3D0x314 <--- this sets the screen to 800x600 w/16bit
> >
> >Splashy is meant to run at boot. And we are working on it as we speak
> >to correct some isues. So, please join us at #splashy on
> >irc.freenode.net.
> >
> >On 4/21/05, Q <raid517@fairadsl.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi, I installed splashy. But it only runs in a small window on the top
> >>left of my screen. I tried using fbset (which is part of the official
> >>mplayer tools) to set my screen to an acceptable colour depth and size,
> >>but this had no effect.
> >>
> >>Can anyone advise on how to resolve this?
> >>
> >>Here is my fbset:
> >>
> >>fbset
> >>
> >>mode "1024x768-76"
> >>    # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz
> >>    geometry 1024 768 1024 768 32
> >>    timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4
> >>    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0
> >>endmode
> >>
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