From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1M0zqW-0002L7-Dz for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 11:12:44 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M0zqS-0002K8-1O for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 11:12:40 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M0zqL-0002In-4G for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 11:12:37 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45766 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M0zqI-0002IF-LW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 11:12:31 -0400 Received: from elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.62]:49244) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M0zqI-000798-1c for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 11:12:30 -0400 Received: from [24.148.247.152] (helo=[192.168.0.199]) by elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1M0zqF-0004MJ-56 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 11:12:27 -0400 Message-ID: <49FF0681.30108@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 11:15:13 -0400 From: BandiPat Organization: Magic Page Products User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <1239032043.8986.27.camel@mj> <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> In-Reply-To: <20090503155359.GB21659@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: c85a64c14a050764b95206241ab561599ef193a6bfc3dd4830a61c8df2f91f77f9cb040cdf76a9de9822d29d99174f51350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.148.247.152 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 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 15:12:41 -0000 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. Does that help in determining where maybe the problem lies? Also, I thought both linux16 and vga were deprecated, no longer to be used? Thanks, Pat -- ---Zenwalk v6.0--Linux 2.6.28--- Registered Linux User #225206 "Ever tried Zen computing?" http://www.zenwalk.org