How to change screen res. at boot??

pookguy88 · 01-16-2005, 10:54 PM

well.. its worked before in windows... but not under linux.. however i have googled it up and others with this laptop are saying it should work fine with linux.. they didn't mess with anything

GUIPenguin · 01-16-2005, 10:56 PM

actualy my laptop works fine for me now, yes I think it maybe the kernel, becouse now that I think of it I did a yum update last night and updated my kernel and it didnt work before

pookguy88 · 01-17-2005, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Linux~Powered
[B]Did it work before? You may need to get your hands dirty by going into your kernel and add support for it.

how would i do this?

kxlx · 01-17-2005, 11:09 AM

i've same problem. /debian sarge, kernel 2.6.8-k7/
here is my x conf file

Code:

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
	Driver		"nv"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	HorizSync	28-70
	VertRefresh	43-85
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

i can choose these selections in gnome desktop resolution chooser. and it works (1280x1024)
the poblem is my boot (or tty1-tt7) resolution is still 800x600, how can i change it?
i use grub, is there any connection with grub? or something else?

Linux~Powered · 01-17-2005, 06:47 PM

pookguy88 · 01-17-2005, 06:50 PM

ok people, i have some good news and some bad news

good news: i'm posting my very time using linux!!

bad news: my internal ethernet card is still not working, i'm using a Xiricom LAN card...

i guess the next few things that i want to accomplish are:

1. getting internal ethernet to work
2. getting wireless card to work
3. starting up apache and running a web server

cswor · 01-21-2005, 03:03 PM

wait til you try to load windows and discover that their cd driver won't read your cd to completion and it keeps hanging during install. billg won't appear to deserve his billions and billions as much then.

wpn146 · 01-21-2005, 05:03 PM

You can also specify multiple resolutions. If you do this:

Code:

 Modes "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1600x1200"

Assuming all those resolutions are valid on your monitor, it will come up in 800x600 (first one mentioned) and you can step through the rest using <ctrl><alt>+ and ,ctrl><alt>-.