Please read my last post, its a different issue to the one in this post

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I have a graphics card that supports 1280x1024 in my Slack machine.

When I set up my install I always change lilo to use vga = 794 (which I worked out to be 1280x1024). It works fine until I wanted to get my TV out working.

The only file I edited was /etc/X11/xorg.conf, which I backed up before starting. Anyhoo I followed a guide I found online and my TV was working nicely. I wanted to use my monitor again to do some more kernel work (the TV is downstairs) so I copied back the backup of xorg.conf and rebooted.

Now I am prompted for a resolution at boot, and no matter what I pick I get a console in 720x400. The startup routine is in a random font/screen res until the logon screen, then it changes to this 720x400.

Anyone know how I can get my nice high resolution back? It seems strange this happens considering I only changed one file!

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Wow, I ran X to see if it was working at full resolution, and it is. And when I exited and rebooted, wouldn't you know everything was back to normal!

Sorry about the thread, also anyone know why this would happen?

Could have been the internal 'flip' from vga to tv and back again confused the driver for a minute....Same thing happens to me when I've been on my computer for too long then try to watch "This Old House".....lol

Ah ok. Thanks for that

Now if it happens again I'll know all is ok.

Does your lilo.conf file still reflect the vga=794? If your modifying that file you must run lilo again for it to take the changes...

your CLI resolution should not have changed modifiying your xorg.conf file since that only pertains to X...

strange...

KC

Yeah, I never changed lilo.conf. I only changed xorg.conf, which is why I found it strange that the CLI was changed, but when I ran X again and rebooted, it all worked out. One of those things I guess.

I just installed Slack on my laptop, things seem to be working. I havent done much other than a basic install.

Thing is it has a widescreen lcd, and likes to run at 1366x768. I got X to run it at that resolution, but does anyone know how to get the console to? I always edit lilo.conf with a number, like vga=794 etc. How can I get my console to run without the ugly black border? Right now its at 1024x768

Google the type of laptop that you have and see if there is a patch for the video driver. I have a Intel 855 graphics board onboard my laptop and downloaded a patch for it. i have the below entered in my /etc/rc.d/rc.local so as to apply the patch during boot.. I then get the nice resolution on console
Res is 1280x800

if [ `runlevel | cut -f2 -d' '` -eq 3 ]; then
#runscript
/usr/sbin/855resolution 34 1280 800
fi
if [ `runlevel | cut -f2 -d' '` -eq 5 ]; then
#runscript
/usr/sbin/855resolution 34 1280 800
fi

I have an intel graphics media accelerator 900 on mine. I can't find a specific patch. There are some drives on intel's site, but they are for a lower model of onboard graphics system.

What would the patch I should google for?

try: intel 900 patch linux
I returned mixed results for me --- seem you can use the 8xx series drivers and do something strange things hehe...
found this if it helps?

Video
The GMA 900 graphics chipset supports both a VGA framebuffer console as well as the various X Windows acceleration features.

VGA Console
To get the VGA console working the following "Graphics support" kernel features must be selected:
* Support for frame buffer devices
* VESA VGA graphics support
The bootloader must also be told to pass the correct option to the kernel. I added the following vga=0x318 option to the kopt entry of /boot/grub/menu.lst:

# kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro vga=0x318

X Windows
XFree86 4.3.0 does not support the GMA 900 graphics chipset, but XOrg 6.8.2 does. The xorg.conf must also contain a Driver directive for the i810 driver. Here is my xorg.conf which also includes the touchpad settings.

The following kernel module is also needed:
* /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)

just looking at this post agin. does your KDE work fine with the widescreen res unpatched?
problem with mine is... i boot at 1024*768 then the patch runs, then i go into KDE at 1280x800
then when i go back to console the screen goes nuts.... i have a feeling it has to do with the patch.
maybe i should disable it if KDE works fine for you at the proper res.. might give this a go...
are you sure it is at the full native res in xwindows?

I dont have KDE installed, only GNOME. It runs at the full res. I didnt even edit any config files for it.

I suppose it isnt a big deal. I do mode of my linuxing on my desktop, i just wanted to be uber and have a linux laptop at uni so I could be uberer than the other nerds there.

Oh okay - hey thats cool! i had to configure stacks of stuff for KDE as well as the console..
hrmmm.. made it a whole load worse last night so i have gobne back to the old config.. will have another play later. tested HEAPS of different things yesterady.
Might see what other users with the same model laptop have done