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Ricardo Saffi Marques wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Alexander Meinke > > wrote:
>
> Try to determine possible resolutions by typing "hwinfo
> --framebuffer". Use the
> hex code 0x... and put it as kernel parameter in your grub.conf.
>
>
> Okay, *that* I didn't know. :-)
> I do know 1440x900 is a supported resolution on my machines since it's
> the native resolution of their screen's.
>
>
> For 1400x1050 with kernel 2.6.24-r3 I am using the following lines:
> title Gentoo GNU/Linux (gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r3)
> root (hd0,1)
> kernel /gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r3 root=/dev/sda5 vga=0x344
>
>
> So after the change from the vesafb-tng to the actual uvesafb on the
> kernel, it actually IS necessary to use the "vga=something" trick on the
> boot line, then?
> I'll do it and tell the results.
>
> Thanks a lot, Alexander!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Saffi
>
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i always thought vga= was only used by the old vesafb driver
i use video=uvesafb:1024x768-32
i cant get any wide screen modes to work at all, anybody else know how??
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