vesa and 2560x1440

basteon basteon at gmail.com
Sat Oct 18 20:49:15 PDT 2014


Bu I don't use /dev/fb0 when I do load my system.
i.e. in initramfs I ddin't load radeon drivers.

>Did you try setting the resolution lower in case the transmitter you
>are using cannot handle a mode this large?
where I should setting this?
When I loads radeon driver I've disabled Xorg at all.

On 10/18/14, Michal Suchanek <hramrach at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18 October 2014 15:49, Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk at o2.pl> wrote:
>> W dniu 18.10.2014 o 10:48, Michal Suchanek pisze:
>>> Yes, the graphics is not expected to work correctly without a firmware.
>>>
>>> That's a severe defect of the Radeon driver since the firmware  is
>>> apparently buggy and/or the interface is not well understood and it
>>> fails miserably under some circumstances. It should however bring up a
>>> card correctly when it is in VGA text mode which is what the BIOS sets
>>> up on boot.
>>>
>> AFAIK the best way to discuss this problem is on Bugzilla. Have You filed
>> a bug
>> there or found an existing one?
>
> Yes, years ago.
>
> Also discussed with the developers on IRC.
>
> I was told that it works and I am just unlucky if it does not work for
> me. So unlucky that 10 out of 10 cards fail.
>
> Also Debian is so unlucky that they had to implement a hack in
> initramfs to run exclusively in text mode way longer than convenient.
>
> Thanks
>
> Michal
>


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