[Linux-fbdev-users] Re: Linux vesafb console directions.

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, cga wrote:
> Sorry to bother you about such a trivial matter. 
> I am trying to get my laptop to display the linux vesafb console at its native
> 1400x1050 resolution. 
> Please direct me to a newsgroup or mailing list where I might be able to find
> some assistance regarding this matter.

Vesafb relies on the BIOS to set the video mode. So unless the BIOS provides a
1400x1050 mode, it won't work.

What graphics chipset do you have? Perhaps you can use one of the native
drivers to get 1400x1050?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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