On Mon, 4 Aug 2014, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
В Mon, 4 Aug 2014 15:00:05 +0200 (CEST)
Steffen Winterfeldt <[email protected]> пишет:
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In fact, you currently can't influence the video mode (without a-priory
knowledge of the driver that's going to be used).
I think this statement need some qualification
a) without KMS it is possible - just select video mode during boot (or
explicitly pass vga=...) and X server will respect this setting
b) with KMS it is possible to set Linux console frame buffer video mode
using video=NxM option. But the problem here is, X server ignores it and
always selects some "best fit" resolution.
So the real question probably is - is it possible to make X server
respect currently chosen console resolution? If it is not possible - is
it possible to force fbdev X driver during installation?
There is in fact a bug open that the boot loader video mode menu should work
again. But it's really not that simple and I've dropped the issue for now.
For some nice state-of-the-art mode setting follow Takashi's comments in
https://bugzilla.novell.com/853350.
Sure, with enough knowledge about the hardware and some kernel parameters
you can probably force the mode you like.
But - then what? Do you want to keep the mode forced after install or do you
trust Xorg? Do you switch to a proprietary driver that maybe needs different
options or suddenly just works without any? Do you care about console
resolution?
There's at least 3 common ways to set your video mode: vesa/uefi fb / kms /
xorg. All need to be configured differently. And the little bootloader
should provide and easy-to-use shortcut that fits all. :-(
Steffen
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