image of vbeinfo: http://postimage.org/image/6ehplch1x/
this was taken after i'd manually set the gfxmode to 1920x1080x32 so it would all fit on the screen. On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Carrot Cruncher <[email protected]>wrote: > the laptop i have has a full hd screen. i'll get the vbeinfo info but for > now here is some further info : > > xrandr > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192 > LVDS-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > 408mm x 230mm > 1920x1080 60.0*+ 60.0 > 1680x1050 60.0 > 1400x1050 60.0 > 1280x1024 59.9 > 1280x960 59.9 > 1152x864 60.0 > 1024x768 59.9 > 800x600 59.9 > 640x480 59.4 > 720x400 59.6 > 640x400 60.0 > 640x350 59.8 > VGA-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > > cat > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:01:00.0/drm/card0/card0-LVDS-1/edid > | edid-decode > Extracted contents: > header: 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 > serial number: 0d af 00 18 00 00 00 00 28 12 > version: 01 03 > basic params: 80 29 17 78 0a > chroma info: cc b5 a7 54 45 97 26 16 50 54 > established: 00 00 00 > standard: 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 > descriptor 1: 29 36 80 a0 70 38 1f 40 30 20 35 00 98 e6 10 00 00 18 > descriptor 2: 00 00 00 fe 00 4e 31 38 34 48 34 2d 4c 30 31 0a 20 20 > descriptor 3: 00 00 00 fe 00 43 4d 4f 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 > descriptor 4: 00 00 00 fe 00 4e 31 38 34 48 34 2d 4c 30 31 0a 20 20 > extensions: 00 > checksum: a0 > > Manufacturer: CMO Model 1800 Serial Number 0 > Made week 40 of 2008 > EDID version: 1.3 > Digital display > Maximum image size: 41 cm x 23 cm > Gamma: 2.20 > Supported color formats: RGB 4:4:4, YCrCb 4:2:2 > First detailed timing is preferred timing > Established timings supported: > Standard timings supported: > Detailed mode: Clock 138.650 MHz, 408 mm x 230 mm > 1920 1968 2000 2080 hborder 0 > 1080 1083 1088 1111 vborder 0 > -hsync -vsync > ASCII string: N184H4-L01 > ASCII string: CMO > ASCII string: N184H4-L01 > Checksum: 0xa0 > EDID block does NOT conform to EDID 1.3! > Missing name descriptor > Missing monitor ranges > > this is a fedora 18 system with the following grub package installed : > > grub2-2.00-15.fc18.x86_64 > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Jordan Uggla <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Carrot Cruncher >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > hi. can i ask how the resolution used is calculated when setting the >> gfxmode >> > setting to auto in grub2. i have a laptop where vbeinfo shows the >> highest >> >> In grub 2.00 I believe that what is used is the highest resolution >> supported by VBE (or GOP,UGA, or whatever interface is available) that >> is *also* supported by your monitor, as reported in the monitor's EDID >> information. >> >> > resolution as being 1920x1080x32 but this isn't what is being used. >> without >> >> Does your monitor support this resolution? >> >> > hardcoding the resolution, is there a way to configure grub2 to use the >> > highest resolution detected? thanks. >> >> Well clearly that is what should already happen when gfxmode=auto, so >> we need to figure out why that apparently isn't happening for you, >> then go from there. >> >> What version of grub are you using? >> Could you post the full output of "videoinfo" from the grub shell, >> either via a picture from a camera, serial log, or (if you're really >> ambitious) typing it out manually? >> >> -- >> Jordan Uggla (Jordan_U on irc.freenode.net) >> > >
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