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theif519 06-02-2011 06:34 PM

Laptop's Screen Resolution changes after boot
 
Well, this has happened numerous times before when I had other distros, Ubuntu, Mint,and even Fedora, and then it didn't bother me because I had a GUI and a Desktop Manager, but now it's become a bit of a problem. I can read it okay, but I'd like to have it full resolution again. I'll post a link below

http://s1229.photobucket.com/albums/...op_Problem.jpg

Not easy to see what I typed, but I've tried adding "vga=773" to my kernel line but it didn't help. What do I do? *I hope I'm not being incoherent*

theif519 06-02-2011 06:36 PM

Another thing, I noticed that whenever UDev was doing it's thing, immediately afterwards the screen's resolution changed again. Is there a way to configure UDev?

---------- Post added 06-02-11 at 07:36 PM ----------

Also, I'm using Arch Linux

tailinlinux 06-02-2011 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theif519 (Post 4374558)
Another thing, I noticed that whenever UDev was doing it's thing, immediately afterwards the screen's resolution changed again. Is there a way to configure UDev?

---------- Post added 06-02-11 at 07:36 PM ----------

Also, I'm using Arch Linux

Im a mandriva user maybe this one help.
Try to go in linux control panel (Configure your Computer)
type root password then enter.

go to hardware tab then select set up graphical server.
May be this one help also.
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Drakx11

TobiSGD 06-03-2011 01:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tailinlinux (Post 4374693)
Im a mandriva user maybe this one help.
Try to go in linux control panel (Configure your Computer)
type root password then enter.

go to hardware tab then select set up graphical server.
May be this one help also.
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Drakx11

I doubt that the OP will find the Mandriva control panel in his Arch install.

@theif519: The behavior you describe is cause by kernel mode setting (KMS). You should be able to specify the resolution you want with a kernel parameter like video=1024x768.
Just add that to your kernel line in Grub.

theif519 06-03-2011 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4374786)
I doubt that the OP will find the Mandriva control panel in his Arch install.

@theif519: The behavior you describe is cause by kernel mode setting (KMS). You should be able to specify the resolution you want with a kernel parameter like video=1024x768.
Just add that to your kernel line in Grub.

Someone else told me to use vga=773 or whatever the specific number, but neither of them worked, neither did video. I think I can tell the resolution is too small because of the letters running on into the next line when on a Virtual Machine it doesn't. I added vga=773 to /boot/grub/menu.lst and it didn't work. I also tried video. Is there another file I have to configure? Also, it's not that much of a problem, but I want the cool bootsplash that Arch Linux has :(

TobiSGD 06-03-2011 05:38 AM

Arch Linux doesn't have a boot splash by default, which bootsplash are you referring to?

TB0ne 06-03-2011 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tailinlinux (Post 4374693)
Im a mandriva user maybe this one help. Try to go in linux control panel (Configure your Computer) type root password then enter.

go to hardware tab then select set up graphical server. May be this one help also.
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Drakx11

Why would posting information for Mandriva, help someone that doesn't use Mandriva, but uses Arch instead????. If you're going to respond to a post, read the OP's question and situation, and answer with something that has relevance to the situation.

OP, why don't you try removing the "vga=xxx" from the boot totally?? I know on my screen (openSUSE 11.4), it is vga=1314, but if I remove it, it changes my boot resolution only. Doesn't affect my X settings.

theif519 06-03-2011 02:26 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjTTl...feature=relmfu

That one, but is it only available for Virtual Machines only? The one I installed in the Virtual Machine a while back looked a lot different from the current one on my laptop. Is it possible to get the arch logo or the tux penguin logo like that one?

TobiSGD 06-03-2011 02:43 PM

Sorry, but I didn't see a boot splash in that video.

theif519 06-03-2011 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4375499)
Sorry, but I didn't see a boot splash in that video.

Maybe I'm confusing it with something else. The Google Image Searchs I'm looking at show many different things, but what I want is the penguin/Arch Logo whenever I boot. At 1:44 it shows the logo at the top. I want to know how to get it. It shows up in a Virtual Machine, but I can't get it to show up on my laptop *Could also be the resolution problems as well*

TobiSGD 06-03-2011 03:24 PM

This logo shows up if you use a framebuffer console. I have set up my workstation (with LILO as bootloader) to change to the native resolution of my monitor (1680x1050x24) at boot, using the parameter vga=0x0369. This way I get one penguin per core at boot time. I don't know if this will also work with grub, but I think it should.

theif519 06-03-2011 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4375536)
This logo shows up if you use a framebuffer console. I have set up my workstation (with LILO as bootloader) to change to the native resolution of my monitor (1680x1050x24) at boot, using the parameter vga=0x0369. This way I get one penguin per core at boot time. I don't know if this will also work with grub, but I think it should.

None of the VGA codes work at all... Well, not saying I've tried EVERY single combination, but after I add it to the end of the kernel line, it still doesn't change the frame buffer. It's not a huge deal, but it does get annoying though, and I'd love to figure out how to fix.

TobiSGD 06-04-2011 04:17 AM

I have tried this on my laptop, it doesn't work. Seems to be dependent on the video-card, since I have almost identical setups on my machines.

theif519 06-04-2011 07:57 PM

I'm sorry guys, I feel like an idiot. Instead of adding it to the Kernel line, I added it to the init.d instead, and since the resolution was originally so low on it, I thought the kernel line ran on into the next. I fixed it, though. Thanks for the advice guys. vga=773 worked


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