Hmm, I just realized that hwinfo was deprecated in 13.10 as it depends on HAL. You should still be able to check the available video modes at boot, once on GRUB: 1. press C 2. type vbeinfo an hit <Enter>
You should see all the available screen modes at boot. HTH. On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 11:51 PM, Martín Cigorraga < martincigorr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hei, I created a new thread to don't pollute the other one with OT. > > "For that matter, where does one head for help in 14.04? I have a couple > of issues on my test machines. > One is with video resolution that seems kernel level on a rather old > machine and antique nvidia card." > > To list video modes available in your systems you can try: > # sudo hwinfo --framebuffer > > Once you find the resolution that suites your taste you just edit > /etc/default/grub and feed GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 accordingly; don't forget > to run # update-grub afterwards. > > > "The other is giving strangeness with overlayfs. > Neither is a show stopper, as I can break the overlay and update the > kernel/grub and the other is simply stuck in 640x480, but it would be nice > to get another pair of eyes on each problem to ensure it's a bug and not a > keyboard-chair interface issue." > > What's your issue here? > > > // > I would like to note that IINM this list isn't for support but instead for > providing a way for developers to interact with us the users. > My email concerning autofs was sent here as this is the email address > provided by the packager of the tool in hope to learn where to get support > with it. > > -- > /Martin > -- /Martin
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