On Monday 20 April 2009 19:47:15 Valmor de Almeida wrote: > I've been trying the following grub.conf boot > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 video=intelfb,mode=1280x768...@60 > but no luck (that is I get the 80x25 console). The only working format > appears to be > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 vga=xxx > > where xxx does not accommodate the mode above. In fact nothing will work > unless I use vga="something"; and that appears to be sufficient.
When that happens to me, it's usually because I haven't compiled the right frame buffer into the kernel (it won't do as a module). I use the vesa frame buffer (not uvesa) with this kernel line: kernel /boot/kernel-x86_64-2.6.29-gentoo-r1 root=/dev/md0 vga=0x31A video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap fbcon=scrollback:128k splash=silent memory_corruption_check=1 I don't use genkernel, nor an initrd or initramfs. -- Rgds Peter
