From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao104.cox.net (fed1rmmtao104.cox.net [68.230.241.42]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 340E3109FD for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:00:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao104.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20081016160109.VWKT6526.fed1rmmtao104.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:01:09 -0400 Received: from lnx2.holmesgrown.com ([72.208.219.132]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id TU181a0072rzSAG03U182p; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:01:08 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=sDc2YvfEAAAA:8 a=3EAWN9ttAAAA:8 a=V4LaVcK_AAAA:8 a=Q_dp1-MODGYfphFJVWIA:9 a=SHFOyFJs5iKA1Wnlg4QA:7 a=xYFn-8B8HK9da8X6p8V3MqImhrYA:4 a=vZtf8OQckZ8A:10 a=StbeKVLXpGgA:10 a=rPt6xJ-oxjAA:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com ([192.168.1.5] ident=Debian-exim) by lnx2.holmesgrown.com with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1KqVHg-0002cX-7p for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:01:08 -0700 Received: from steve by lnx3.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KqVHh-0001Be-Ph for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:01:09 -0700 Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:01:09 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Debian Well Underway Message-ID: <20081016160109.GA4554@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20081013213125.GA2894@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <20081013233314.GA29560@cq.ftml.net> <20081014041721.GB3223@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <20081014081143.GA3247@cq.ftml.net> <20081015114810.GA2955@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <20081015135503.GA20895@cq.ftml.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:00:14 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Interesting observation. I just suspended mutt and went into /dev and sure enough, I have no fb device. I don't really know anything about framebuffer support so don't know about needing a /dev/fb or not to enable larger screen sizes at the console. Even so, vga=extended wouldn't yield me 50 lines either. Yet when I come into my box from a remote ssh session, I use vt220 emulation and I get 42 rows and 111 columns. I just can't seem to figure out how to do that with a linux console. While on the ssh session, $TERM shows VT220; while at home locally, $TERM shows linux. On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:57:13AM -0400, Erik Heil wrote: > Hi their, > What I can tell you is that framebuffer support i.e. /dev/fb is not > present in at least 2.6.18 by default. This is using the stock Debian > kernel and using a Geforece2MX video board. Either framebuffer support is > not in the kernel, or their are problems with that type of particular > hardware. This was, in fact, the culprit of my display problems I posted > about efroe. It had nothing to do with the auto detection code that was > introduced between Sarge and Lenny. Rather, the X server couldn't write > to the nonexistent framebuffer device, so of course it would generate an > error. Log messages in this case were not helpful though. > > --Erik > > On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:55:03 -0400 > > From: Chuck Hallenbeck > > Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > > > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > Subject: Re: Debian Well Underway > > > > Hi Steve, > > > > I wish I could help you, but my installation is a really simple one. I > > used Samuel's mini-beep.iso, and selected "standard" from the > > configuration menu, and that's all it took. No extra packages relating > > to frame buffers or displays, other than what the "standard" choice > > implied. I switched from lilo to grub a long time ago, so I can't > > compare my loader configuration to yours directly. But for what it's > > worth, here's the kernel line from my grub menu.lst: > > > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=791 > > quiet > > > > That seemed to wrap just now, but it's all one line in the > > configuration file. There's also an initrd, but again it was done for > > me by magic, I did nothing to modify or enhance it. > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 04:48:11AM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > > > > > Yes, it looks like the exact same kernel here. Wonder if I need to > > > have some frame buffer packages installed or something. I began > > > looking at the console related stuff but haven't uncovered anything > > > yet. Still looking for ideas. > > > > > > > -- > > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (99% of Full) > > > > My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net -- my telephone: 1-518-334-9022. > > -------- > > Sarah Palin: At last, a Beauty Queen who doesn't want World Peace. > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > eheil@sdf.lonestar.org > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREDAAYFAkj3ZUUACgkQWSjv55S0LfHxHwCeM+/BdOGJPERZwOVfIb6aj8vq 5C8AoMxSdltyf/OSnokrOxAVafl+mKIQ =+YJL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----