Public bug reported:
Hello! I'm running Intrepid (up-to-date) on a computer with an nVidia
9600 GT video card.
When I boot with the 'vga=ask' and I tell the prompt to display
available video modes, I get a big list which includes at the end 0x037D
which corresponds to 1920x1200 (the native resolution of my display). If
I choose it there it seems to work correctly: the whole boot process
goes on at that resolution.
However, I can't seem to find a way to enter it in the kernel command
line so that it's picked automatically. I tried both "vga=0x37d" and
"vga=037d", and a few other versions. No matter what, the boot goes on
in 1280x1024 (or something like that, I can check and update it if it's
necessary).
#uname -a
Linux mabelode 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:15:32 UTC 2008 x86_64
GNU/Linux
This was run after booting with 'vga=ask' and choosing 0x37d at the prompt:
$ sudo fbset
mode "1920x1200-77"
# D: 230.415 MHz, H: 94.743 kHz, V: 77.404 Hz
geometry 1920 1200 1920 1200 32
timings 4340 240 32 16 4 240 4
rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode
Even in this case there's a tiny problem: the monitor claims that 60Hz
is the "recommended" refresh rate, and the mode by default seems to be
77Hz. I seem to remember vesafb can't change refresh rates, and it
doesn't seem to bother the screen any, so it's not a very big deal.
I'm not sure what other info might be necessary, just ask. I've searched
quite a bit on the net and I can't seem to find any relevant
information...
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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can't set 0x37d as default video mode on nvidia
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304962
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