From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1OtTce-00087w-7q for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:00:08 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=49387 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OtTcb-00087n-M9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:00:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OtTca-0003AA-Cv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:00:05 -0400 Received: from mail-gy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.160.169]:50359) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OtTca-00039x-9Q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:00:04 -0400 Received: by gyf3 with SMTP id 3so477236gyf.0 for ; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:00:03 -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=AhvLFRb+gv03wHdvdEjoyWSpB158PEa5dRgOrHHKthY=; b=VN2Ocuz+ATj+dJ97aIOkRhQLwwePvA585GiDPWmupZdSaJVJ7wVvaYwvlMAVEIcjC8 ibcbSyJ2La8tOgKJTxvlDVsUo0jTUxLuo34/3OqAxnenQmOtm4R5Mxb+m91utAM5DG7+ Vw4RkXXn30IpxJD6pJ0owjhy7fuai/t9x1p5Y= 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=t6qk0W2go74PnSQUWPVq3B+wnETzVv0pCR3FjB8bttfvJDiwQdAU9zbGGEXJ3XZEGp aOXFYCvF6l4baPhfUIDYNJlvBc4v7V9LWiLFVe0dc+EovMblGEndiYWr1PA3iyfywI2l 57+iSV3O+7kDITS/FsLptEOoRCgdF0P3c1+AY= Received: by 10.151.63.26 with SMTP id q26mr30887ybk.193.1283986803275; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:00:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([187.47.157.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u42sm582315yba.0.2010.09.08.15.59.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:00:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 20:00:20 -0300 From: Teresa e Junior To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20100908200020.676f739a@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C8813AB.4070206@gmail.com> References: <20100907234220.54cf8040@gmail.com> <20100908194745.3960661e@gmail.com> <4C8813AB.4070206@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=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 23:00:07 -0000 On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:52:27 +0200 Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On 09/09/10 00:47, Teresa e Junior wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:54:25 +0930 > > Brendan Trotter wrote: > > > > =20 > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Brendan Trotter > >> wrote: > >> =20 > >>> 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).=20 > >> 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 > >> =20 > > Thanks! We have to set 640x480 as default anyway... > > > > =20 > You can specify multiple comma-separated possibilities in order of=20 > priorities > > _______________________________________________ > > Grub-devel mailing list > > Grub-devel@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > > > =20 >=20 >=20 Hello, Vladimir! What do you mean with that? Let us suppose, I set: GRUB_GFXMODE=3D1280x800,1024x768,640x480 and if the hardware supports the first, it will use the first, and so forth? Thank you! Teresa e Junior