On Thursday 24 March 2005 11:55 pm, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Paul W. Abrahams <abrahams@acm.org> [03-24-05 23:36]:
Does anyone know the best value of the vga parameter in grub for an LCD monitor? I've tried the value of 0x031a (1280x1024, 16 bits), but it causes the monitor to produce an "out of range" message on the screen.
That value, 0x031a, works on my nec lcd1912. I would guess that you have an incorrect vertical or horizontal scan rate
Start with vga=normal and boot to 'init 3', run sax2 and correct the settings to your monitor's specs. Or edit /etc/X11/XF86Config by hand and provide the correct values.
I'm confused. The vga setting for grub affects only text display, and would be meaningful even if X is never invoked. So how could XF86Config get involved? Setting "vga=normal" for grub is the fallback and it works for me, but it displays the text at the lowest resolution. For a text console I'd like to do better if it's possible, since then I can see more lines on the screen. Paul