Hi, there is a "small" linux distribution (GRML), which I use for rescue and other purposes. I installed it on a USB-stick.
Furthermore installed in my PC there is a MSI GT430 (nvidia) graphics card and I use the nvidia-driver in conjunction with xorg 1.9.2. So far so nice... The GRML uses the noveau driver as far as I know. When I boot from my USB-stick I get a very nice high resolution linux console. It uses vga=791 on the kernel commandline. When I use the same option with my kernel (2.6.36.2 vanilla) it ends in a console font/resolution which reminds me at the good old times when 8bit homecomputers were the dream of many people and PACMAN was top! ;) I tried "vga=asK" and then "scan" but the highest resolution I was offered were 80x60 and only VGA-modes, which again looks like the "high resolution textmode" of my old ATARI 800...and not like that nice looking console which I get with the same hardware and the GRML distro. I compared both the kernel config of the GRML distro and my own but I didn't found nay suspicious (or overlooked something?). Final question after all there words: How can I get such a high resolution with this hardware and the nvidia-drivers??? Best regards and a happy new 2011! mcc
