From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Menzel Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-1?q?Lenovo_X60_with_i945=3A_Setting_resolu?= =?iso-8859-1?q?tion_in_GRUB_to_1024=D7768?= Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:01:09 +0100 Message-ID: <1421622069.4552.26.camel@users.sourceforge.net> References: <1421580056.2887.14.camel@users.sourceforge.net> <54BC2C11.3060206@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2090169246==" Return-path: Received: from mail.gw90.de (mail.gw90.de [188.40.100.199]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 322376E465 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2015 15:01:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from [37.120.24.223] (helo=mattotaupa) by mail.gw90.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YCyqd-00070x-H9 for intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2015 23:01:35 +0000 In-Reply-To: <54BC2C11.3060206@earthlink.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "Intel-gfx" To: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org --===============2090169246== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-JUX9RsOaRWVshbe6Vz37" --=-JUX9RsOaRWVshbe6Vz37 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Sonntag, den 18.01.2015, 16:56 -0500 schrieb Felix Miata: > Paul Menzel composed on 2015-01-18 12:20 (UTC+0100): >=20 > > on the Lenovo X60 with i945 graphics (and vendor BIOS), for using > > fastboot, that means to avoid a modeset, I want to set the desired > > resolution in GRUB using the option `GRUB_GFXMODE=3D1024x768` in > > `/etc/default/grub`. >=20 > Making a change in /etc/default/grub does not take effect until the actua= l > Grub menu is rebuilt. It's a config file, not a menu file. I know and ran `sudo update-grub` afterward. Thank you for the hint though. > > Unfortunately that does not have an effect and the > > resolution is only 640a=C3=97480. >=20 > IIRC, I've solved this problem in the distant past by in BIOS setup chang= ing > memory size reserved for video controller from 1M to 8M. Unfortunately I was unable to find such a configuration option in the BIOS menu. > > The GRUB developer told me that this is likely a Video BIOS issue. >=20 > > Am I out of luck or do you know of possible solutions or do you have > > pointers how to debug this? GRUB=E2=80=99s `vbeinfo` lists the resoluti= on of > > 1024=C3=97768. >=20 > GRUB_GFXMODE=3D1024x768 assumes you are using Grub2. In Grub legacy what = you > need is video=3D1024x768 or video=3D1024x768@60 on the kernel cmdline. I = have > multiple i945G systems using both vga=3D1024x768@60 and Grub Legacy, but = none > Lenovo. Good to know. Hopefully it can be solved in GRUB 2. > Which distro are you using? Debian Jessie/testing Thanks, Paul --=-JUX9RsOaRWVshbe6Vz37 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEABECAAYFAlS8O0MACgkQPX1aK2wOHVgvZwCdEmEUKFelkv7jaIOWE9Z9C7ac dZYAni5eA7U+hxJOawsXjuOOmA1do5C9 =+fem -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-JUX9RsOaRWVshbe6Vz37-- --===============2090169246== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KSW50ZWwtZ2Z4 IG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdApJbnRlbC1nZnhAbGlzdHMuZnJlZWRlc2t0b3Aub3JnCmh0dHA6Ly9saXN0 cy5mcmVlZGVza3RvcC5vcmcvbWFpbG1hbi9saXN0aW5mby9pbnRlbC1nZngK --===============2090169246==--