116151 – fbset init script to set framebuffer resolution

Bug 116151 - fbset init script to set framebuffer resolution

Summary: fbset init script to set framebuffer resolution

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2005-12-20 03:47 UTC by Michal Suchanek
Modified:	2007-01-06 13:21 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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init script to set the framebuffer mode (fbset,556 bytes, text/plain) 2005-12-20 03:49 UTC, Michal Suchanek	Details
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Description Michal Suchanek 2005-12-20 03:47:05 UTC

The framebuffer resolution can be set conveniently only during boot before more than one virtual terminal is used.
For some reason setting the resolution early during boot sets the default virtual terminal resolution but once more than one terminal is used fbset only sets the resoultion for the particular terminal.

Comment 1 Michal Suchanek 2005-12-20 03:49:11 UTC

Created attachment 75187 [details]
init script to set the framebuffer mode

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2005-12-20 06:23:24 UTC

i'd say just use /etc/conf.d/local.start

Comment 3 Michal Suchanek 2005-12-26 05:20:19 UTC

yes, there is a local.start.
But does it execute after filesystems are mounted and before keymap/numlock?
How do I tell?
This script does contain dependencies, local.start does not.

Comment 4 Christian Walther 2006-01-20 03:33:24 UTC

To change the resolution of all virtual terminals at once use:

fbset -a <res>