On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Mark Goldshtein > <mark.goldsht...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: >>> On 2011-01-09 15:52 +0100, Klistvud wrote: >>> >>>> If I understand the original question correctly, you're looking for the >>>> vga= kernel option (to be added to your kernel line in grub.cfg or >>>> menu.lst). >>> >>> I'm not looking for anything, Mark is. More importantly, the standard >>> vesafb driver which handles the vga= option does not deal with modern >>> wide screens. >> >> As an experiment, from googling, I have added this: >> >> GRUB_GFXMODE=1366x768x32 >> GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1366x768x32 >> >> to /etc/default/grub, when # update-grub2 and rebooted. >> Strange effect was achieved, I have seen 1366x768 at the grub's >> initial boot moment, where counter counts from 5 seconds to zero and >> then console switched back to 640x480. > > What's the output of "cat /boot/grub/video.lst"? >
Sorry for long replay. Well, video output is 1366x768 in pure console, but still split on two parts: the beginning of strings is on right side of the screen and the end at the left. And there a big black gap between, no consistency. $ cat /boot/grub/video.lst vbe vga video_bochs video_cirrus -- Sincerely Yours' Mark Goldshtein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTiku2=mjcv+59--jafuh1tbky-bw_0qfo_sx5...@mail.gmail.com