Aug 2, 2010 - However internally, the gd 5446 uses only 9 bits to store the pitch, which get left shifted by 3. Controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 (rev 01) /etc/X11/xorg.conf does not exist. Kernel version (/proc/version): Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64. ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0 (II) CIRRUS: driver for Cirrus.
I am running a gentoo guest OS on qemu-kvm. I can only get resolution of 800x600 in it. I want to be able to get a higher screen resolution. Xrandr gives the following output: xrandr: Failed too get size of gamma for output default Screen 0: mimimum 640x480, current 800x600, maximum 800x600 Xorg -configure fails with segmentation fault: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory Segmentation fault at address (nil) I am using default vga settings for qemu and lspci shows: VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 So my question is: • what is this frame buffer? Is it required to do Xorg -configure? • Is there any other way to increase screen resolution? Frame buffers are nothing more than memory regions that are used for graphics.