On Thu 28 Dec 2017 at 17:12:47 +0100, henrik i wrote: > A small update. I did some more testing on the system with Intel 3600 > graphics, and at least one working solution was to blacklist the module: > > In /etc/modprobe.d/whatever.conf > blacklist gma500_gfx > > This enabled me to use the following lines in /etc/default/grub > GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768@60 > GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep > > Then run update-grub as always. For some reason, this works for resolution > change for both grub and the console. I guess this is because vesafb is now > in use. I wish it was possible to change the resolution with the 'native' > modules, but have not found the right documentation on the video= syntax > (if it works at all). As mentioned, it did not work with setting it in grub.
I have a machine with an nvidia card. 'video=800x600' added to the linux line at boot time works satisfactorily. Can also be done via grub in /etc/default. -- Brian.