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

[U Kuehn]

Jon Escombe wrote:
> 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.
> 

On a T43 with ATI card and 1400x1050 display I got a full console using
the vesa framebuffer (which I needed for X anyway) and the following
kernel parameter:
video=vesafb,nomtrr,ywrap vga=836

Maybe this also helps for your configuration.

Ulrich