2008/11/30 B STEVENS <b.stevens611@???>:
> Where can one find out which "vga=nnn" to use with a 1440x900 screen?
>
vga=ask
According to kernel-parameters.txt located in
/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.27/Documentation on my Ubuntu 8.10 system
after installing the linux-source package.
vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
See Documentation/i386/boot.txt and
Documentation/svga.txt.
Use vga=ask for menu.
This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
It lies, it's Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt not Documentation/i386/boot.txt.
vga=<mode>
<mode> here is either an integer (in C notation, either
decimal, octal, or hexadecimal) or one of the strings
"normal" (meaning 0xFFFF), "ext" (meaning 0xFFFE) or "ask"
(meaning 0xFFFD). This value should be entered into the
vid_mode field, as it is used by the kernel before the command
line is parse
Documentation/svga.txt. has more info.
Can't see 1440x900 anywhere though.
Google turns up:-
http://www.omgili.com/newsgroups/linux/samba/8WaK4-6zh-11gated-atbofhit.html&q=1440x900
Cheers,
Al.
