Andy Smith composed on 2025-07-28 15:35 (UTC):
> The video= kernel command line looks promising and I will try this when
> I've finished using my laptop for work today :)
> It would help though if anyoen were able to confirm that I'm on the
> right track with that.
You are. I've been using it ever since KMS went mainstream going on two decades
ago, using video=1440x900 by default as my goto for 1680x1050 and higher native
resolution displays. However, video= only takes effect when KMS engages. If BIOS
supports it, vga= though deprecated, still will apply to the period between
kernel
load and KMS engagement (which blanks the display). video= with most hardware
will
apply only to the vttys, overridden by X. The exception is when using the
(optional, with no official version upgrade in over a decade, stuck on
2.99.917.9....) intel display driver provided by upstream's xf86-video-intel,
which Debian inexplicably provides by a different name.
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