From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933699AbXGQPE5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:04:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752898AbXGQPEt (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:04:49 -0400 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.228]:32858 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752185AbXGQPEt (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:04:49 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=sbPX8fZWipxlnAh8sUA9JPvN27X9nKZpsPfwyFnUyZ+pQ8rqqN7YEYcWZt87PMK9n4hnbEwe6HeyHcwBC58/VbkVO7B53KLnamiB2IVxR9jZCijOhhoROKdomiXl14z/FDpZ2W0ys5iDZ1jWbEIijD3MthKBBRTxOagj5gdtFWw= Message-ID: Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:04:47 +0200 From: "Sasa Ostrouska" To: "Renato S. Yamane" Subject: Re: VESAFB CUSTOM RESOLUTION Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <469CD54A.4040003@mandic.com.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <469CD54A.4040003@mandic.com.br> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 7/17/07, Renato S. Yamane wrote: > Sasa Ostrouska escreveu: > > I want to ask one question about a custom resolution in the console. > > I have a Sony Vaio Laptop VGN-SZ2VP/X, the screen resolution is > > 1280x800, now I'm using the vga=773 which is an 1024x768 but this is > > ugly as I get a border of about 2-3cm on one the sides of the screen. > > So is there a way that I set the 1280x800 resolution at boot time ? > > Use vga=866 to set 1280x800 in boot time. > In Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt is commented only 1280x1024, but in same > man page is commented that you can read /Documentation/svga.txt and in > this document you can find this: > > ** Short intro for the impatient: Just use vga=ask for the first time, > ** enter `scan' on the video mode prompt, pick the mode you want to use, > ** remember its mode ID (the four-digit hexadecimal number) and then > ** set the vga parameter to this number (converted to decimal first). > > Regards, > Renato S. Yamane > Many many thanks for your quick answers, I will try those solutions. Rgds Sasa