From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1RnBnP-0000Ul-Nv for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:22:03 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:50186) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rmnue-00037s-4i for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:52:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RmnuX-000337-RH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:51:56 -0500 Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120]:2501) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RmnuX-00032m-IY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:51:49 -0500 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=JJy5Qr2b c=1 sm=0 a=/DbS/tiKggfTkRRHPZEB4g==:17 a=seg9fo12g4kA:10 a=i9zxtDuH7v0A:10 a=S1A5HrydsesA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=xe8BsctaAAAA:8 a=AClm-ks2J5xVCvgiWVYA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=/DbS/tiKggfTkRRHPZEB4g==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 67.78.168.186 Received: from [67.78.168.186] ([67.78.168.186:52101] helo=[10.1.1.230]) by cdptpa-oedge03.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id BD/CA-18618-389341F4; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:51:47 +0000 Message-ID: <4F143983.7030407@ubuntu.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:51:47 -0500 From: Phillip Susi User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111222 Thunderbird/9.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: Multiboot video mode request on EFI-gop References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 75.180.132.120 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:22:02 -0500 Cc: Thomas Nilsen X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:52:01 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 1/16/2012 5:24 AM, Thomas Nilsen wrote: > Im thinking since its the efi-gop driver/module that handles video > mode on EFI boot this could probably be used when booting the same > way that vbe module does the change before executing the kernel. That's exactly what it is for. Make sure you have that module loaded. > Im interrested in contributing on fixing this if someone with some > information can point me where to start off if someone knows whats > missing, or maby what is going wrong. I will start doing some > research aswell, but help is very much appreciated. If the GOP module is loaded and you are not satisfied with the video modes it provides, then AFAIK, you will need to either try a different motherboard ( that has a different EFI GOP implementation ) or get the specs for your video card and write your own EFI GOP driver. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPFDmDAAoJEJrBOlT6nu751w0IAK22Sr9ytvetkJRICpAILYXU vR2nPYXb5J8wHoUY3ooCtartmWv1bIs2TMcfjGWtwPyP0GCoJ/kH2XK8ZFx3MsAD uZGeKk5qP4x3XDEZvllreYm/tG1lv+Uwh6Bv7BFTGPA10BFFOv/5NRt0tn5RT3ke jR2/Fx+RKZ+haw//DhsC87RqhsQg53Wg3PnumpzWL9BU/pH4iajsE3FE8kck3eHK DUanFwDMIeu6e2+xPrDtgNdBGZEC0eUzCf5AMZYInCPZ1vJOYGrYGJaUBC6bD+wU 2eHED1LKZ3kanPNnsP79AdtmOwFrJ94QW80Cy/hTqLk4bfPkRel9TKzDSJpeRWw= =J+5A -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----