[ltp] T61 Intel 965GM (X3100): 1400x1050 on console

Jon Escombe linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:03:11 +0100


Owen Heisler wrote:
> On Mon, 2007.09.10 19:15, Owen Heisler wrote:
>> On Tue, 2007.09.11 00:03, Jon Escombe wrote:
>>> Owen Heisler wrote:
>>>> Is it possible to get a 1400x1050 resolution on the console?  I'm running
>>>> Debian Lenny/Sid.
>>>> I've tried using video=intelfb, which should give me 1024x768, but I get 
>>>> only the ugly 80x25 display.
>>>> intelfb doesn't say that it supports the 965.
>>>> I don't know how to make vesa work at this resolution either, or if it is 
>>>> even possible with vesa.
>>> I use "vga=0x344" to get a vesa console @ 1400x1050 (albeit on an ATI 
>>> equipped T60), perhaps that will work for the 965 also?
>> Thanks, but alas: it said I "passed an invalid mode number".
> 
> None of these work:
> vga=0x344
> vga=0x343
> vga=0x342
> vga=0x341
> vga=834
> vga=844

Perhaps it's how you got the other modes already, but the trick I used 
to find 0x344 was to take a listed 1400x1050 mode from my xorg log (in 
this case 144), and add 0x200 to get the equivalent kernel parameter 
(I'm not sure what the relevance of this addition is - just found the 
technique with google & seemed to work for me!)

If you've not already tried that - there might be other mode numbers you 
can uncover that way.

Regards,
Jon.