From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 23:41:39 +0200 From: frank@inua.be To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <20100523214139.GA25735@chiron.galaxy> References: <20100522225553.GA17342@chiron.galaxy> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [9fans] no frame buffer Topicbox-Message-UUID: 29975fd8-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 08:01:40PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > However, when this box boots via PXE, it has the same issue... Any > > idea what might be wrong? > > perhaps vgasize or monitor is unset. try > > vgasize=1280x1024x16 # adjust as appropriate. cf. vga(8) > monitor=vesa > aux/vga -l $vgasize Since the issue is solved on the Via Epia system, I turned back to the AMD Geode system but for some reason, I can't get that box in graphical mode. Whatever I use for monitor (vesa, vga) or vgasize, the screen just turns black and the led of the monitor is blinking. This is what pci -v shows about the VGA controller: 0.1.1: vid 03.00.00 100b/0030 0 0:41000000 16777216 1:40ffc000 16384 2:40ff8000 16384 3:40ff4000 16384 National Semiconductors NSC Geode VGA Compatible Device This is what aux/vga -m vesa -p displays about the modes: vesa mode 0x101 640x480x8 m8 packed vesa mode 0x103 800x600x8 m8 packed vesa mode 0x105 1024x768x8 m8 packed vesa mode 0x107 1280x1024x8 m8 packed vesa mode 0x110 640x480x15 r5g5b5 direct vesa mode 0x111 640x480x16 r5g6b5 direct vesa mode 0x112 640x480x32 r8g8b8 direct vesa mode 0x113 800x600x15 r5g5b5 direct vesa mode 0x114 800x600x16 r5g6b5 direct vesa mode 0x115 800x600x32 r8g8b8 direct vesa mode 0x116 1024x768x15 r5g5b5 direct vesa mode 0x117 1024x768x16 r5g6b5 direct vesa mode 0x118 1024x768x32 r8g8b8 direct vesa mode 0x119 1280x1024x15 r5g5b5 direct vesa mode 0x11a 1280x1024x16 r5g6b5 direct vesa mode 0x11b 1280x1024x32 r8g8b8 direct vesa mode 0x125 1152x864x8 m8 packed vesa mode 0x126 1152x864x15 r5g5b5 direct vesa mode 0x127 1152x864x16 r5g6b5 direct vesa mode 0x128 1152x864x32 r8g8b8 direct vesa mode 0x131 1600x1200x8 m8 packed vesa mode 0x132 1600x1200x15 r5g5b5 direct vesa mode 0x133 1600x1200x16 r5g6b5 direct I would expect to at least get something like 640x480x8 working... > - erik -- Frank Lenaerts ---------------------------------------- frank@inua.be