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Zagloj
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 Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:30 pm Post subject: Grub does not recognize vga mode |
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Hi, I changed recently the vga mode on my grub and I used vga=ask to choose a vga mode, then I wrote it to grub.conf like this:
| Code: | title Gentoo
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.6.11-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/sda6 vga=361 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrapp rootfstype=ext4
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-3.6.11-gentoo |
Before using vga=ask it worked without problems, but now it says that it does not recognize that vga mode, for example: 169, not the vga mode I wrote to the conf file, and even before that I see the kernel line in my screen and the mode is clearly correct, then it prompts me for a vga valid mode, I write 361 and it works ok, what might be wrong?
Thanks in advance for your time.
Just in case it is of use my grub version is 0.97-r12
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Jaglover
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 1:57 am Post subject: |
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I have to admit I have hard time understanding your problem. Anyway, GRUB is a bootloader, the vga parameter is passed to the kernel. Whatever problems you are experiencing is not a GRUB problem, it is about your kernel and hardware.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 7:53 am Post subject: |
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Looks like you have two grub.conf files - the one you're editing, and the one it's using. Perhaps you have a /boot partition and you sometimes forget to mount it before editing grub.conf?
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Zagloj
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:07 am Post subject: |
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Hi, thanks for the answers, the /boot partition is always mounted, there is no problem with that, even when I choose to boot Gentoo on grub, before that error, it prints among other things, the kernel line, and that line is correct with the vga mode and all the options fine.
Then, it says, bad vga mode 169, choose one, I press enter and it gives me a list.
This is the complete conf file, my kernel is compiled with genkernel:
| Code: | # This is a sample grub.conf for use with Genkernel, per the Gentoo handbook
# http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10#doc_chap2
# If you are not using Genkernel and you need help creating this file, you
# should consult the handbook. Alternatively, consult the grub.conf.sample that
# is included with the Grub documentation.
default 0
timeout 30
#splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Gentoo
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.6.11-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/sda6 vga=361 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrapp rootfstype=ext4
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-3.6.11-gentoo
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
# vim:ft=conf:
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Is there anything in the kernel which can be causing this problem? I thought it is a problem with grub because I saw a problem with one option in my grub.conf file.
Thanks for your time.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:47 am Post subject: |
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Use of vga= is deprecated, use video instead. Also it should be 761 not 361.
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Zagloj
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:06 am Post subject: |
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Ok, I try and I see in next reboot, by the way, 361 works ok at this moment, but I will try 761 (I was changing this recently cause I changed the monitor and I have 1920x1080 resolution in X). Before I tried vga=ask it worked fine with vga parameter.
Reporting soon thanks for the help 
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Changed the kernel line to:
| Code: | kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.6.11-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/sda6 video=uvesafb:mtrr:3,ywrapp,1280x800-24 rootfstype=ext4
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Using uvesafb now, I choose that resolution cause it is the highest supported as hwinfo --framebuffer reports, but I feel that the resolucion is lower than that. At least it does not ask for a correct mode anymore 
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