Ubuntu 7.10

deardron · 12-24-2007, 02:17 PM

I've just installed Ubuntu 7.10 on my ASUS laptop, video device is Mobility Radeon 9600. To my surprise I've discovered that the resolution of the console (tty1..tty6) is extremely low, 20x40 or something. Updating my system didn't improve a thing. Any advices how to solve the matter are much welcome.

BTW, when I passed the argument vga=792 to the kernel on boot, the output of kernel during the load of OS ceased to come, only the dark screen is seen.

Mirag3 · 12-26-2007, 12:08 AM

It sounds like you need to change your framebuffer options. My suggestion is to try booting up normally and find the maximum supported resolution via

Code:

sudo apt-get install hwinfo
sudo hwinfo --framebuffer

Then simply scroll down, find the max resolution supported by your display, and add the vga=res line to your command line.
For example, I have a really crappy monitor, so my line would be
vga=0x0318
for 1024x768@24 bits.