[ILUG-Cochin.org] Graphics in console
sanalkumar mr
sanalmadatheth at gmail.com
Thu Oct 29 10:01:51 IST 2009
Dear all........Here in this site it is said that particular vga values may
damage the graphics card...
http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/hiresconsole.html
Plz have a look and share your views...sanal
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:04 PM, sanalkumar mr <sanalmadatheth at gmail.com>wrote:
> Dear sameer....it all works well, but
> $mplayer -vo fbdev video.avi
> ......works, but not fullscreen and when -vf scale=1280:1024 was given it
> became fullscreen, but still the resolution problem existed.fbxine is
> perfect in all sense, but how do we get subtitles in fbxine ? fbi
> (imageviewer of console) also shows resolution problems. .fbgs (pdfviewer
> for console) also works,with the same problem.I also tried vga=795 and that
> also didn't solve the issue.
> I' ve added vga=788 to /boot/grub/menu.lst (to the line corresponding to
> kernel) and boots to view videos in console.
> Expecting support from the community....And THANKS for the supports already
> given....sanal
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Jos Collin <joscollin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Sameer,
>>
>> It works. Thank you for suggesting a solution using mplayer, which is
>> my favourite media player. But it is working when I log in as a root.
>> When I log in as a sudo user only audio is coming out.
>>
>> Is there any tool for viewing images in console?
>>
>> - Jos Collin
>>
>> On 31/03/2009, Sameer Mohamed Thahir <sameer.thahir at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello All,
>> >
>> > I do it this way.
>> >
>> > Pass "vga=788" as parameter to the kernel.
>> > The number is the resolution for the framebuffer. To select
>> > your own value pass "vga=ask".
>> >
>> > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686
>> > root (hd0,7)
>> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/sda8 vga=788
>> > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
>> >
>> > Boot the new kernel with framebuffer enabled. If you have frame
>> > buffer support, you might see a tux on the top left corner (have not
>> > checked with lenny kernel).
>> >
>> > Once you are booted, goto any of the ttys (terminals) (Ctrl-Alt-F1) to
>> > (Ctrl-Alt-F6)
>> >
>> > You can use fbxine or mplayer to view the movie.
>> > fbxine is available as xine-console package in lenny.
>> >
>> > Hope this helps :)
>> >
>> > Thank You
>> > Regards
>> > Sameer Mohamed Thahir
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 08:49 PM, Jos Collin wrote:
>> >>
>> >> If nobody answers and you find it yourself please share your
>> >> findings here...
>> >>
>> >> If you are imagining that I have found something, you are wrong. I
>> >> still don't have the solution. But I know that Framebuffer support is
>> >> to be enabled in the Linux kernel.
>> >>
>> >> .when I tried cacaview filename.jpg , the output doesn't look like
>> >> a picture.But the screenshot given here is almost the same as the
>> >> picture( I think so).What may be the reason.
>> >> I've also tried mplayer -vo caca filename.ogv and the audio
>> >> output was perfect , but the video was some squares and
>> >> letters.....I expect more from you.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> The reply send by Mahesh Aravind answers these questions. Thanks
>> Mahesh.
>> >>
>> >> BTW how to take a screenshot in terminal mode?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I don't know how to take screenshot in ttys. I took that screenshot by
>> >> pressing Prt Scr button in gnome-terminal.
>> >>
>> >> - Jos Collin
>> >>
>> >> 2009/3/31 sanalkumar mr <sanalmadatheth at gmail.com
>> >> <mailto:sanalmadatheth at gmail.com>>
>> >>
>> >> Dear sir...If nobody answers and you find it yourself please share
>> >> your findings here.....when I tried cacaview filename.jpg , the
>> >> output doesn't look like a picture.But the screenshot given here
>> >> is almost the same as the picture( I think so).What may be the
>> reason.
>> >> I've also tried mplayer -vo caca filename.ogv and the audio
>> >> output was perfect , but the video was some squares and
>> >> letters.....I expect more from you. BTW how to take a screenshot
>> >> in terminal mode? plz help...THANKS in advance.
>> >>
>> >> 2009/3/20 Jos Collin <joscollin at gmail.com
>> >> <mailto:joscollin at gmail.com>>
>> >>
>> >> Anybody tried to view image files and movies in console (tty)?
>> >>
>> >> I'm able to view it using caca libraries. The following is the
>> >> command.
>> >> $cacaview abc.jpg
>> >>
>> >> It is working but the image is not displayed properly. Please
>> >> see the attachment.
>> >>
>> >> Also I have tried to play movies in the console using the
>> >> following command.
>> >> $mplayer -vo caca abc.flv
>> >>
>> >> This also has the same problem. Is there anything I have to
>> >> configure in caca to display the image properly?
>> >> Any Ideas?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Jos Collin
>> >>
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