From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NmbEK-0000AI-PT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:10:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C7E0DE05F9; Tue, 2 Mar 2010 23:10:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f187.google.com (mail-yx0-f187.google.com [209.85.210.187]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB299E05F9 for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2010 23:10:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe17 with SMTP id 17so387620yxe.32 for ; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:10:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=NvyFuk04nSO3yVleikeNJKkbtvIhsdm+K3inDT9dcHM=; b=WRXQHsGK2gOJxMknerjK6MPLyJEw5/gEI4aLsYhN+jKWoPHWWReGKVd5v7Sak/WEq+ VkACPWMVWMqtsgi+/VBQ+4xlDTEEt32PNt5KSmxmWSHf+xN8g5o1pU19Oqf8z9Z4PbE1 Y5mhbqZy9YwKTM2E4+g3EMFwxa7CJMB7wxl4g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=lLJloQsbhghGZa1cyZW4M10yWwA89nN1wzvnx4P8sQjQdDnzdVAUyyeL9MvRZV0L3b vH+MSL+GsZVrwrdJtbfhNvPOoy96ALineG6Y5gP1YNArEpYpwgMNRdiquJxZfdCBGmrb hmgrP3Jh2OWev7HlfYoRfFseQRjRRLdJQzHBQ= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.252.4 with SMTP id z4mr272992ybh.295.1267571403419; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:10:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87bpf6baf5.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87bpf6baf5.fsf@newsguy.com> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 17:10:03 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 36ac57ccea488e04 Message-ID: <58965d8a1003021510o34784912q3477a8efa8cc6dd7@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] about the vga clause on kernel line of grub.conf From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 6546bc2e-18b5-4d9d-b6c5-e159599a45b3 X-Archives-Hash: 6e9a793e0641115138b571062c365bca On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > For quite a long time I've been using things like: > vga=0x31A > > On the kernel line in grub.conf > > Its a hexidecimal system drawn info in this (partial) chart I found > somewhere in the kernel documentation long ago. > > ## 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 > ## 256 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307 > ## 32k 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319 > ## 64k 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A > ## 16M 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B > > I've used kernel lines like below in grub.conf: > (asterisks added) > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 ** vga=0x31b ** video=vesfb:mtrr:3,ywrap > > For a very long time. (On occasion I've needed a smaller resolution > and used 0x317) > > But on two recent installs of gentoo as vmware guests, that kind of > entry isn't doing any good and I'm still being prompted to make a > choice. > > When I hit as directed a largish chart of what look to be > octal based settings, flashes by and only the last portion of it > remains visible. > > It has choices like 340, 341 and many other three digit offerings from > a large chart that shows the resolutions you get with the 3 digit > choices. > > I was unable to find this chart by grepping in the kerne//Documentation > directory. > > Where does the boot process access that chart? > > And why is it that the hex system is ignored and this other system > offered at boot? > > I'm successfully using the hex system on my main gentoo machine... but on > the two recently installed gentoo vmware guests it doesn't work. > > It may be relevant that these installs are console only... no X. >From linux/Documentation/svga.txt: ** 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). HTH :)