Felix Miata wrote:
> I'm coming up empty looking for docs to explain vga= syntax
> and a table of possible video modes. Can't find it in info
> grub. Can't find it in mini howto. Nothing other than
> vga=normal or vga=ask is working right on a Trident 9680. I
> want to use the native Trident 132 X 30 mode then booting
> to single. Pointer please?
Felix....below are a couple of tables that might help.
--
Alan
Colors (depth) 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200
---------------+-------+-------+--------+---------+---------
256 ( 8 bit)| 769 771 773 775 796
32,768 (15 bit)| 784 787 790 793 797
65,536 (16 bit)| 785 788 791 794 798
16.8M (24 bit)| 786 789 792 795 799
The following table shows the mode numbers you can input at the VGA
prompt or for use with the LILO program. (actually these numbers are
plus 0x200 to make it easier to refer to the table)
Colours 640x400 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 1600x1200
--------+--------------------------------------------------------------
4 bits | ? ? 0x302 ? ? ? ?
8 bits | 0x300 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307 0x31C
15 bits | ? 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319 0x31D
16 bits | ? 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A 0x31E
24 bits | ? 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B 0x31F
32 bits | ? ? ? ? 0x164 ?
Key: 8 bits = 256 colours, 15 bits = 32,768 colours, 16 bits = 65,536
colours, 24 bits = 16.8 million colours, 32 bits - same as 24 bits, but
the extra 8 bits can be used for other things, and fits perfectly
with a 32 bit PCI/VLB/EISA bus.
Additional modes are at the discretion of the manufacturer, as the VESA
2.0 document only defines modes up to 0x31F. You may need to do some
fiddling around to find these extra modes.
