From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1OtTQZ-0004AH-Pa for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:47:39 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=50903 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OtTQU-00046w-BO for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:47:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OtTQQ-0001L6-Ft for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:47:34 -0400 Received: from mail-yw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.213.41]:40586) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OtTQQ-0001Kz-CZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:47:30 -0400 Received: by ywl5 with SMTP id 5so458060ywl.0 for ; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:47:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=kSwOFIxpuOR3L0MwSlynpb7QNp4l5kQLNbhua7Qj7XU=; b=Ff3rHiHSR72MPrJP6mY9OJY35T3i7Nq4QW+Vx0oY6ZcrgHmiUljzmzJGoeIJoblvJ+ Xzp7E7nf4f0V1upyIyqv/EksmIerVmfmQI3aIqZw2nykiOffTUGHfHX8OF8hlyEAUT6G P7fDaKIQbMSXNMQNu01RNtDK6ZgGe2+jY1IHg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=m2C/8SgWVXLAgYhF++O2QsaTKcCZjdDwLiMle7OwtOkwA04foFXzcHh3S9L5t1ivsF 0P3sxmcfTiVQUYaE1Yl/OtNiZJDz43blMCQ1ItR9DKplW3X1Eh8+edBsXPvILIqt5F+c r/Ne8fRNvL3PKW9A8bfwTbVc4e6uokEurU41k= Received: by 10.100.231.20 with SMTP id d20mr830262anh.200.1283986049329; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:47:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([187.47.157.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h5sm671174anb.8.2010.09.08.15.47.26 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:47:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:47:45 -0300 From: Teresa e Junior To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20100908194745.3960661e@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20100907234220.54cf8040@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: LiveCD bootloader X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:47:38 -0000 On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:54:25 +0930 Brendan Trotter wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Brendan Trotter > wrote: > > GRUB and Linux use "video mode numbers" to request a video mode. > > These video mode numbers can be different for different video > > cards. Early versions of VBE did define some standard mode numbers, > > but these became obsolete in VBE version 2.0 (back in 1994). > > Software written after 1994 shouldn't rely on these obsolete video > > mode numbers. For example, if you're lucky mode 0x118 might be > > 1024*768 with 24-BPP, but nothing guarantees that anymore, and it > > could easily be any other video mode. There's also no guarantee > > that the the video card supports the video mode (e.g. a lot of > > video cards only support 32-BPP video modes and don't support any > > 24-BPP video modes; and some only support 24-BPP video modes and > > not 32-BPP video modes; and the same is true for 15-BPP vs. 16-BPP). > > My apologies. > > It seems GRUB2 has improved a lot, and doesn't rely on the obsolete > "standard video mode numbers" anymore. Except for problems caused by > video modes that are supported by the video card but not supported by > the monitor; it's mostly only a problem with Linux itself now. > > > Cheers, > > Brendan > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel Thanks! We have to set 640x480 as default anyway...