April 05, 2009

Framebuffer

My system is working, let's play with it. First: the framebuffer.

Here are the steps I followed to get it to work:
  1. Configure your kernel to hoave both uvesafb and viafb built in the kernel.
  2. emerge v86d
  3. Append video=uvesafb:1200x800-24,mtrr:3,ywrap to your kernel line in /boot/grub/grub.conf
  4. To install splash screen, do an emerge ">=media-gfx/splash-themes-gentoo-20090324" splashutils
  5. Generate the initrd: splash_geninitramfs -g /boot/fbsplash-natural_gentoo-1280x800 -r 1280x800 natural_gentoo
  6. Append splash=silent,fadein,theme:natural_gentoo console=tty1 to your kernel line in /boot/grub/grub.conf
Along with that, I discovered that the theme natural_gentoo had also a grub splash screen. To install it, go to the fbsplash website and download the archive for natural_gentoo. You will find a gentoo.xpm.gz file. Copy it in /boot/grub/ and change/add this line to your grub.conf: splashimage=(hd0,X)/grub/gentoo.xpm.gz. Now your have a new theme for your grub!

By the way, if you want to be able to use your trackpad in terminals, do this:
  1. rc-update add gpm default
  2. /etc/init.d/gpm start
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3 comments:

  1. UnknownJune 11, 2009 at 11:24 AM

    Hi!

    I think you write excellent manual for Gentoo and NC20. Unfortunalely i have another VIA Nano based netbook - VIA OpenBook based VED8900 from iDot computers. And i tried un failed to install on it Fedora, because in Live mode i even couldn't normally start X, they loaded only with option video=vesafb, vga=791.

    Is option you used - video=uvesafb:1200x800-24,mtrr:3,ywrap - can be suitable for VED8900, too? VED8900 has 8.9'' screen, but CPU and chipset is similar.

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  2. UnknownJuly 8, 2009 at 1:33 PM

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  3. UnknownJuly 8, 2009 at 1:46 PM

    Awsome! I've been looking at the nc20 for some time but I couldn't make up my mind since I didn't know if the via things would run gentoo. ('course it would, the gentoo devs could make my TI calculator run enlightenment, I mean if a mere mortal could make it work...) Now I'm gonna run and buy it right away =)

    I do have one question though, how about the wireless lan? I've ran gentoo for a few years on my old laptop and I've never had a great problem that couldn't be solved on a few sleepless nights in front of the gentoo forums. Except for the wlan...
    If you have made it work, please tell me all about it:)

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