[syslinux] How to set a portrait mode screen using i915 driver?

SCU Rock scurock at gmail.com
Tue May 4 14:47:04 PDT 2010


Looks like "MENU RESOLUTION" only changes the screen size/resolution for the
menu, but not the graphic image loaded afterward. How can I make the graphic
image loaded to be in portrait mode?

Thanks,
S.R.

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 2:36 PM, SCU Rock <scurock at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I only need horizontally scanned
> portrait mode. Somehow "MENU RESOLUTION" does not work for me. Below is my
> isolinux.cfg file. Anything wrong with it?
>
>
> ------------------------------------
> default vesamenu.c32
> timeout 2
>
> MENU RESOLUTION 480 640
> menu background boot.png
> menu title boot VER
> menu color border 0 #ffffffff #00000000
> menu color sel 7 #ffffff00 #ff000000
> menu color title 0 #ffffffff #00000000
> menu color tabmsg 0 #ffffffff #00000000
> menu color unsel 0 #ffffffff #00000000
> menu color hotsel 0 #ffffff00 #ff000000
> menu color hotkey 7 #ffffff00 #00000000
>
> label live
> menu label Live CD - ^Run
>  kernel /kernel
> append initrd=/initrd.img CMDLINE quiet SRC= DATA= SDCARD=
>
>
>
> On 05/04/2010 01:05 AM, SCU Rock wrote:
> > I am trying to setup a portrait mode screen. I can see that in 3.85,
> > there is an enhancement which allows arbitrary resolutions
> > (
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/syslinux/syslinux.git;a=commitdiff;h=5d4ade0221c2387345d0a82422866bb8b937cb09
> ).
> > Can I use this new feature to achieve setting the portrait mode. What
> > is the syntax in the config file to set it? Also, is there any other
> > vesa driver dependencies?
> >
>
> If with portrait mode you mean a screen that scans vertically rather
> than horizontally (as when taking an ordinary screen and rotating it),
> no, that is not supported in the current version.
>
> The arbitrary resolution can, however, support horizontally scanned
> portrait mode, e.g. "MENU RESOLUTION 480 640".
>
> -hpa
>
>
>



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