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| {{bootparm|video|radeonfb:vesa:1400x1050-32@60}}  || for using accelerated radeonfb framebuffer

Revision as of 02:05, 10 March 2006

Some aspects of the Linux kernels behaviour are controllable via so called kernel parameters. These are parameters similar to the ones that you would provide for a command like $ ls or $ cp in a shell, only that they are appended to the kernel/image line in your bootmanagers config file (for lilo this would typically be /etc/lilo.conf, for grub it would be /boot/grub/menu.lst).

An example line from grub could look like this:

kernel /lfskernel-2.6.9 root=/dev/hda6 rw idebus=66 vga=791 splash=silent acpi_sleep=s3_bios

For a complete overview of all available parameters see /lib/modules/`uname -r`/source/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.

Typical parameters used on ThinkPads

The following table gives an overview of the kernel parameters typically needed on ThinkPads.

useful kernel parameters
parameter description
acpi=off disables ACPI (keeps it from overriding APM)
acpi_sleep=s3_bios makes the system call the video BIOS to reenable video on resume from suspend-to-ram (use this if you experience a blank display after resume while your system seems elsewise awake)
idebus=66 set IDE bus speed to 66 MHz (66 is maximum supported)
nolapic tells the kernel not to use the local APIC (use if you have problems with ACPI)
noresume boots without resuming after a suspend-to-disk
resume=/dev/hdaX tells the kernel where to find the suspend-to-disk image to resume from
root=/dev/hdaX tells the kernel where to find the root filesystem
speedstep_coppermine=??? supposed to tell the kernel that you have a speedstep capable coppermine processor, but could possibly not work anymore with newer kernels

Framebuffer related parameters for ThinkPads

The following table gives an overview of the kernel parameters typically needed on ThinkPads.

useful framebuffer related kernel parameters
parameter description
vga=835 for 1400x1050 framebuffer resolution
vga=0x33c same as above
video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr enables mtrr and ....
video=radeonfb:vesa:1400x1050-32@60 for using accelerated radeonfb framebuffer