I've since determined that with 845G a BIOS upgrade may provide support for standard framebuffer vga= modes.
-- Intel: usplash must be uninstalled to achieve usable consoles with vga=0x120 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150797 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs