[Arm-netbook] My framebuffer and X.org piss me off

[Michelle Konzack]

Hello Luke,

Am 2010-03-30 18:48:49, hacktest Du folgendes herunter:
>  ok let's establish where you are:
> 
>  - are you using standard debian?

Yes!

>  - are you using standard apt-get install xserver-xorg

Yes.

>  - are you only compiling custom kernels?  if so, which source
> repository, and can you supply the kernel config as well?

Vanilla and I can select under ARMEL only one...

>  there are options for framebuffer kernels to select different sizes,
> _but_ it is dependent on the framebuffer driver!  so vesafb will take
> the vga mode, and also you can specify size, frequency and number of
> bits per pixel.  other framebuffers DO NOT have these options, so we
> really need to know which framebuffer kernel driver you're using.

I can use only "vesafb"

>  it may be something as simple as there is just not enough memory to
> run 1280x1024 @ 16M colours (24bpp), and you may need to do 1024x768 @
> 24bpp or 1280x1024 @ 16 or 15bpp.

Ehm?  --  I have 64 MByte on my Atmel and 256 MByte on the Sitara

Both MCUs support 2048x2048.  The Atmel @64k and the Sitara @16M.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack

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