Am Dienstag, den 22.09.2009, 19:54 +0200 schrieb Stefan Bienert: > Felix Zielcke wrote: > > Am Dienstag, den 22.09.2009, 19:34 +0200 schrieb Stefan Bienert: > >> Michal Suchanek wrote: > >>> Unfortunately. grub refuses to pass on vga=ask for me. > > > > vga=ask only works with the old linux loader, linux16. > > But that isn't avaible in EFI because in EFI you can't load the kernel > > with its 16 bit entry point. > > > > > >>> I am not sure what vbios is supposed to do for you. There is also the > >>> question when the graphics card is switched to vga. Normally the > >>> kernel expects the card to be in vga state so it should be probably > >>> done by grub. > >> OK...so, do we have any more dense tips, here? Sounds like the two of us > >> are somehow lost ;-) I tried playing around with video=... without any > >> success. Where can I find some docu on grub2 video and vga options? > >> > > > you're searching in the wrong place. video and vga are options for the > > Linux kernel. > > Though vga= is parsed by grub, because the kernel excepts it's value in > > a different format then in the standard commandline. > > Note that `set gfxpayload=1024x768x16' (or whatever resolution/depth you > > want) is now the prefered way with the new Linux loader. > > AHA! Well, confusion rises ... > > So, my grub-legacy configuration uses none of video or vga options...is > there a way to test if efifb is working with my kernel, anyway? I think > a hint where to search should be enough. > > Just to get this right: If I use any framebuffer beside efifb, I need to > load a video bios?
I don't have any EFI system myself and thus never used it, so I can't help wit that. > And last, but not least: What does "Linux loader" mean? > The linux or linux16 commands in GRUB 2. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
