uvesafb

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uvesafb is a framebuffer driver to use the VESA BIOS Extensions for changing display modes or display graphics on the console.

Installation

The uvesafb relys on kernel modules and the daemon sys-apps/v86d to change the resolutions and display.

Kernel

You need to activate the following kernel options:

Kernel configuration

Device Drivers  --->
    <*> Connector - unified userspace <-> kernelspace linker  --->
    Graphics support  --->
        [*] Support for frame buffer devices  --->
            [*]   Enable firmware EDID
            <*>   Userspace VESA VGA graphics support

Software

Important

Before this step, the kernel needs to be build and the link in /usr/src/linux updated to point to the compiled kernel sources with the enabled uvesafb.

Rebuild dev-libs/klibc and install sys-apps/v86d:

root # emerge --ask --oneshot klibc

root # emerge --ask v86d

Kernel (again)

Once the installation is finished, you need to activate the following kernel options:

Kernel configuration

General setup  --->
    [*] Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support
    (/usr/share/v86d/initramfs) Initramfs source file(s)

Usage

The resolution and behaviour of uvesafb is set during boot, a full list of kernel parameters can be found online here: Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt or in the local kernel documentation /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt.

Bootloader

In GRUB2 the parameters can be added to the variable GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/defaults/grub.

Codekernel commandline

... video=uvesafb:1024x768-32,mtrr:3,ywrap ...

Then run:

root # grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

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