[ltp] Re: How to get a working framebuffer on the X61s

[Tino Keitel]

On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 23:42:26 +0100, Rolf Kutz wrote:
> On 07/12/08 21:58 +0100, Tino Keitel wrote:

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>> Of cause I was missing framebuffer console support in the kernel.
>> Thanks a lot. BTW, it looks as using intelfb instead of a plain text
>> console saves some power, even when working in X, using the native
>> intel Xorg driver. Can anyone confirm this?
>
> It doesn't work for me. If I just use intelfb I get colored stripes
> and the T60 doesn't boot. If I use VESA and intelfb VESA prevents
> intelfb to claim the framebuffer device. What boot option do you use?

video=intelfb:mode=1024x768-16@60,noaccel vga=791

Without noaccel, scrolling was a bit broken. Now I'm down to 8,4 Watt
with an idle desktop, whereas it was hard to even get below 9 Watt
before. At least I thought that the framebuffer could be the reason. I
also recreated the kernel source, so I should measure again without the
framebuffer to be sure.

Regards,
Tino