[Cbe-oss-dev] kboot problem using a vga-box

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Geoff Levand wrote:
> nick kama wrote:
> > I'm using kboot on playstation 3 connected with a vga-box  to a traditional
> > CRT monitor.
> > I'm able to use linux  in this configuration but during kboot execution my
> > monitor does'nt dysplay anything because kboot video output resolution is
> > 480i (is that right?)  that isn't supported  by my monitor and  vga-box.
> > The question : is there any way to change the resolution of kboot at least
> > to 480 p or 720p?
> 
> Currently the only way would be to build the bootloader with a config
> that would work for your system.
> 
> We just added kernel support to detect the best video mode, and I am adding

This won't help, as autodetection works for HDMI/DVI-D only. All other displays
get 480i/576i.

> support so that kboot can save a user specified default video mode in flash
> mem, but it will be some time before a kboot with that support is available.

The second option would help.

With kind regards,
 
Geert Uytterhoeven
Software Architect

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