Carlos E. R. composed on 2016-05-09 02:50 (UTC+0200):
Felix Miata wrote:
Carlos E. R. composed on 2016-05-09 01:46 (UTC+0200):
I have an old laptop that does need "vga=791" in grub2, or it doesn't work correctly :-P
With what gfxchip, ATI Rage*? Cirrus Logic? Matrox? Trident? Many old gfxchips have no KMS support, so vga= remains useful for them.
Intel :-)
Model: "Intel i845"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation" Device: pci 0x2562 "i845" SubVendor: pci 0x1584 "Uniwill Computer Corp"
Driver: "i915" Driver Modules: "drm"
But maybe the problem is that the framebuffer doesn't support this old chip fully or correctly:
AmonLanc:~ # hwinfo --framebuffer 02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer [Created at bios.459] Unique ID: rdCR.cib0Ef7l+l4 Hardware Class: framebuffer Model: "Intel(r)845G/845GL/845GE/845GV Graphics Controller" Vendor: "Intel Corporation" Device: "Intel(r)845G/845GL/845GE/845GV Graphics Controller" SubVendor: "Intel(r)845G/845GL/845GE/845GV Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS"
Don't worry about my case, I just put it as an example of one machine that needs "vga=something". If I remember correctly, you helped me to set it up some years ago. I don't remember all the issues I had with it.
You may have forgotten about one. I've had several 845Gs, and still have two running TW, one a Dell/Foxconn, the other an Intel. Each has a BIOS option to choose between 1MB and 8MB for framebuffer or some such. With 8MB selected, KMS is fully supported. BIOS resets and dead batteries revert the selection to 1MB. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org