On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 11:58:55AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Andy Smith composed on 2025-07-28 15:35 (UTC): > > > The video= kernel command line looks promising and I will try this when > > I've finished using my laptop for work today :) > > > It would help though if anyoen were able to confirm that I'm on the > > right track with that. > > You are. I've been using it ever since KMS went mainstream going on two > decades > ago, using video=1440x900 by default as my goto for 1680x1050 and higher > native > resolution displays. However, video= only takes effect when KMS engages. If > BIOS > supports it, vga= though deprecated, still will apply to the period between > kernel > load and KMS engagement (which blanks the display). video= with most hardware > will > apply only to the vttys, overridden by X. The exception is when using the > (optional, with no official version upgrade in over a decade, stuck on > 2.99.917.9....) intel display driver provided by upstream's xf86-video-intel, > which Debian inexplicably provides by a different name.
Not knowning what KMS means, made me do a websearch. Now sharing my find. KMS is short for Kernel Mode Setting. It is _Display_ Mode Setting, it is about screen resolution, color depth and refresh rate. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_setting Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse
