linux-kernel - Re: VESAFB CUSTOM RESOLUTION

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Message-ID: <dcf706c60707171413k6becc10cv132500e0f201fc2@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:13:05 +0200
From:	"Sasa Ostrouska" <casaxa@...il.com>
To:	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: VESAFB CUSTOM RESOLUTION

On 7/17/07, Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 16:13 +0200, Sasa Ostrouska wrote:
> > Hi ,
> >
> > I want to ask one question about a custom resolution in the console.
> > I have a Sony Vaio Laptop VGN-SZ2VP/X, the screen resolution is
> > 1280x800, now I'm using the vga=773 which is an 1024x768 but this is
> > ugly as I get a border of about 2-3cm on one the sides of the screen.
> > So is there a way that I set the 1280x800 resolution at boot time ?
>
> 1280x800 is not a VESA standard, so you have to find out the vendor mode
> ID for it.  You can use vbetest to list all modes supported by your
> card. Or if you don't have vbetest, use X plus the 'vesa' driver and
> look at /var/log/X*.log.
>
> Choose the mode ID number you want, add 0x200 and use that.
>
> Tony

Tony, thats a nice one, I will try it, as the previous 2 proposed
didnt work for me.
Thx
Sasa
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