I don't have to use the new kernel. Whatever works... But, what is Debian Jessie?
On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Dmitrii Kashin <free...@freehck.ru> wrote: > Antonio Paiva <arp2...@gmail.com> writes: > > >>> I have recently acquired an old Sony Vaio PCG-C1VN (aka, a > "PictureBook") > >>> and installed Debian wheezy. The problem is that I can only get the > >>> *console* to run at 640x480 resolution. > >> > >> First of all, have you tried to boot your kernel with vga=ask option? > > > > I did try "vga=ask" but that option is no longer supported by the > > debian kernel. > > Is new kernel essential? > For example, I am using Debian Jessie with a kernel 3.2 from Wheezy > release because of some driver problems. > > If this is not a variant for you, I guess you should dig into > framebuffer info. > >
