[Cbe-oss-dev] ps3fb.c changes and black borders

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Goffredo Marocchi wrote:
> fbset -xres 1208 -left 256 -right 106 -yres 684 -upper 37 -lower 24
> 
> Using this line (put in the rc.local init file) the text mode looks fine 
> (from the default Xorg view to text mode  CTRL+ALT+F3   and then 
> CTRL+ALT+F7 to switch back to Xorg from text mode), but Xorg does not 
> like it... if I reboot or if I switch to text mode and then back to Xorg 
> it goes back to the default settings for ps3videomode 3.

By default, fbset changes the mode for the current virtual console only.
You can use the `-a' option to change the mode for all VCs.
Make sure you do this before starting X, or X will get confused.

With kind regards,
 
Geert Uytterhoeven
Software Architect

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