Re: How do I Change Native Resolution on Boot Display?
From: graham (graham.marsden1_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 09/10/04
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:25:51 GMT
On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 23:15:06 -0700, bitbucket wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 21:20:23 -0800, Kevin & Theresa Miller
> <atftb@alaska.net> wrote:
>
> |bitbucket@linkline.com wrote:
> |
> |> Suse 9.1 pro. Replaced my big tube monitor with a neat bigger flat
> |> panel. Its native resolution is 1280x1024, and it is unforgiving of
> |> anything else. When I boot, it simply bobs a notice around that the
> |> current resolution is not supported. Once xstart fires off, I have a
> |> nice display. The only resolution control that I can find is involved
> |> with the xwindows system, not the basic boot display. X windows works
> |> flawlessly using tweaking tools supplied with the package. The old
> |> monitor let me hit F2 during boot and watch the progress, now that is
> |> not an option.
> |>
> |> Anyone know where I should be looking for this setting? I searched
> |> this newsgroup back to last December, and Google, but no luck.
> |>
> |> Thanks.
> |
> |Was having an entirely different problem but I think the solution is the same in
> |both cases. In /boot/grub/menu.lst change "vga=0x??? to vga=normal). That
> |parameter tells it what resolution to start up at. If you say normal - or even
> |just remove the parameter - it should start up using it's defaults.
> |
> |Hope that helps...
>
> Thank you Kevin. Just booted earlier today, so won't know how this
> works until next time. Will drop a note in here if it works. I set
> it to 'normal' though I know where to look for the translation to
> resolution vs 0x???'s--or did at one time. I had been looking for a
> parameter like that one, off and on for months, couldn't find nuttin.
| 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
----+-------------------------------------
256 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307
32k | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319
64k | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A
16M | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
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