[SOLVED] Laptop's Screen Resolution changes after boot
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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
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 ----------
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
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*
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.
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.
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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