From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1M10be-0004m6-LZ for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 12:01:26 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M10bc-0004jv-O2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 12:01:24 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M10bX-0004gr-Km for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 12:01:23 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54440 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M10bW-0004gf-An for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 12:01:19 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:42393) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M10bV-0007mH-Rz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 12:01:17 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M10bU-0007iq-GV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 12:01:16 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1M10Np-0007Ue-VI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 17:47:10 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1M10bG-0003wm-Aa for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 18:01:02 +0200 Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 18:01:02 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090504160102.GA15112@thorin> References: <20090413141657.GE12170@thorin> <20090413144558.GA22165@thorin> <1239637296.3549.9.camel@mj> <20090413190546.GB24072@thorin> <1239664820.13208.50.camel@mj> <20090502113114.GA28362@thorin> <20090502153201.GI28362@thorin> <49FCDF4B.6050100@earthlink.net> <20090503155359.GB21659@thorin> <49FF0681.30108@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49FF0681.30108@earthlink.net> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Detected-Operating-System: by mx20.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Video mode fixes in linux loader X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 16:01:25 -0000 On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 11:15:13AM -0400, BandiPat wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: >> On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 08:03:23PM -0400, BandiPat wrote: >>> linux16 /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro resume=/dev/sda4 >>> splash=silent vga=794 >> >> This means vga=0x31a, aka 16-bit 1280x1024. Does 24-bit (vga=0x31b) work? >> >> I suspect there's some fuzzy matching here. >> > ======= > Thanks Robert for the suggestion. I had renewed hopes this might work, > but it would not. After editing the menuentry to use either the > vga=0x31b or vga=795, the machine booted to a blinking cursor. It would > not go beyond that. What suitable modes does "vbeinfo" list? > Does that help in determining where maybe the problem lies? Also, I > thought both linux16 and vga were deprecated, no longer to be used? "vga" is deprecated, but we don't have a replacement for it yet. "linux16" will eventually become completely obsolete, but some users (e.g. you) still need to rely on it, which is why we didn't remove it. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."