O.K. this time I found the right kernel option. It is (simply): video=800x600
Then it works. Cheers Michael P.S.: Now I need to find out how to make boot messages disappear which are visible for about two seconds between splashy stopping and xserver starting... Michael wrote: > Hello > > With all that kernel mode setting stuff I have no idea any longer where to > pose my question. So I try here, knowing that it is most probably the > wrong mailing list. > > I have an atom system here with a intel 945 graphics chip. I use kernel > 2.6.33 on a debian based linux system. > > I want to control the boot resolution of the system to always have it > 800x600. In earlier times that was easily done using the kernel option > "vga=789". Today, I cannot get it to work. The system always switches to > the highest available resolution (1600x900) directly after grub. > > I tried the following kernel options without success, all of them leading > to a resolution of 1600x900: > > - vga=789 > - vga=0 video=intelfb:800x600 > - vga=0 video=inteldrmfb:modeset=1:800x600 > - vga=0 video=inteldrmfb:modeset=0:800x600 > - vga=0 i915.modeset=0 > - vga=789 i915.modeset=0 > - vga=789 i915.modeset=1 > > Can anybody hint me what I need to do? > > Thanks, > > Michael _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
