Have you tried experimenting with the vga=ask parameter on the boot command when starting up. You can at least see what valid modes your laptop can take from there.

Cheers

At 22:40 08/01/2004, you wrote:
Has anyone (or know someone who has) managed to get a 1024x768 mode running
on a console on a Compaq Armada 7790DT?? Tried the normal methods as defined
in the framebuffer HOWTO. Been having a nightmare trying to get frambuffer
modes running on Compaq and old IBM laptops for some time now.

TIA.

Iain.

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