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Re: [Xen-users] OpenSuse 11 hvm domU: screen resolution up to 640x480

To: Flavio <fbcyborg@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] OpenSuse 11 hvm domU: screen resolution up to 640x480
From: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <list@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 04:19:44 +0700
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On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Flavio <fbcyborg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I finally finished to compile the 3.1 kernel. I have compiled the kernel
> with the xenfb module as built in,

it should still be called xen-fbfront

> but even passing the video option
> to the kernel line
> I still cannot set a resolution higher than 800x600.
>
> This is the kernel command line in menu.lst:
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.1.0-1.2-desktop
> root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-QEMU_HARDDISK_QM00001-part2
> resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-QEMU_HARDDISK_QM00001-part1 splash=silent
> quiet showopts vga=0x314 extra='video=32,1280,1024'
>
> and this is what cat /proc/cmdline says:
> root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-QEMU_HARDDISK_QM00001-part2
> resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-QEMU_HARDDISK_QM00001-part1 splash=silent
> quiet vga=0x314 extra='video=32,1280,1024'

do you know how to pass option to a module?

Passing it in kernel command line is somewhat tricky. What you're
doing simply wont work. You probably need something like
"xen-fbfront.video" instead of just "video" (untested).

Better just put it in /etc/modprobe.d and rebuild your initrd.

-- 
Fajar

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