[nmglug] Dell XPS M1210

[Gary Sandine]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 08:23:12AM -0700, Nick Frost wrote:
> On Feb 22, 2008, at 8:00 AM, Beau J. Bechdol wrote:
[..]
> Though for the resolution you want, 1280x800, you'll want
> something  other than 0x31A.  Unless I'm seriously confused (Gary,
> am I  confused?), you cannot do 1280x800 as a console font.  Your
> options are;
> 
> 0x31A	(16 bits, 1280x1024)
> 
> or;
> 
> 0x163 	(16 bits 1152x800)

I think you're right -- 1280x800 is not an option for the console.

> or another resolution that is supported for framebuffer console fonts,  
> of which a partial list may be found here;
> 
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash

A stock Ubuntu kernel does some of those modes out of the box.  I
don't know how many, but I frequently use the 16 bit modes 0x314 and
0x317 in Ubuntu computers.

I wasn't sure if Beau was talking about the console resolution
(before X starts) or the resolution at the gdm or kdm or whatnot
login screen (after X starts)...  I can't tell if he saw the error
message he mentioned ('"Video mode not defined" or something to that
affect') after passing a bad "vga=<something>" option to the kernel
at boot time or by looking in the Xorg.0.log file after X started.

-- 
Gary Sandine <gars at laclinux.com>