From: Ph. Marek Correct sample boot line and add a remark on mode setting. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt~intelfb-documentation-update Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt --- a/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt~intelfb-documentation-update +++ a/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt @@ -85,12 +85,20 @@ Sample Usage In /etc/lilo.conf, add the line: -append="video=intelfb:800x600-32@75,accel,hwcursor,vram=8" +append="video=intelfb:mode=800x600-32@75,accel,hwcursor,vram=8" This will initialize the framebuffer to 800x600 at 32bpp and 75Hz. The framebuffer will use 8 MB of System RAM. hw acceleration of text and cursor will be enabled. +Remarks +------- + +If setting this parameter doesn't work (you stay in a 80x25 text-mode), +you might need to set the "vga=" parameter too - see vesafb.txt +in this directory. + + D. Module options The module parameters are essentially similar to the kernel _