Now that R300 KMS is in the kernel, I'm curious as to how one
does set a specific resolution outside X (i.e. on the framebuffer console).
I work a lot on the console; but the screen is large (1920x1200) and by default KMS sets to 1920x1200x32bpp, which makes scrolling _extremely_
slow and cpu-intensive (i.e. dmesg scrolling by takes ages).
So I want to set it to 1920x1200x8bpp to make scrolling a bit faster,
but I don't see how to do it. fbset doesn't work and generally reports
invalid ioctl or somesuch when trying to set a new resolution.
Any ideas?
does set a specific resolution outside X (i.e. on the framebuffer console).
I work a lot on the console; but the screen is large (1920x1200) and by default KMS sets to 1920x1200x32bpp, which makes scrolling _extremely_
slow and cpu-intensive (i.e. dmesg scrolling by takes ages).
So I want to set it to 1920x1200x8bpp to make scrolling a bit faster,
but I don't see how to do it. fbset doesn't work and generally reports
invalid ioctl or somesuch when trying to set a new resolution.
Any ideas?
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