> I've got a laptop that I (for shits and giggles) decided to put Plan 9 > on. Lo and behold, it worked fine (Compal EL80, Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, > nVidia video). > > So, I'm running at 1280x1024x32 right now in VESA, which is > reasonable, but I'd like to run at my maximum native resolution, which > is 1680x1050 (I believe). After tooling around with Xorg configs, I've > found a horiz/vert refresh rate that should work for me...
In some of the little I've played with such things, it has appeared that the VESA report of available modes does not always include resolutions that are out of the ordinary, and without that, I doubt the VESA driver will be able to put it into that mode. Not to discourage you, but just be aware that your issue might go deeper than vgadb. BLS