Framebuffer VGA resolution codes
Add a vga=
and then the value below as a kernel parameter (at the end
of kernel
) in /boot/grub/menu.lst
. These values have been variously
gathered from across the interwebs.
Table that works for me
Tried 0x305
on a 4:3 LCD display.
    | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
----+-------------------------------------
256Â |Â 0x301Â Â Â 0x303Â Â Â 0x305Â Â Â 0x307
32k | 0x310   0x313   0x316   0x319
64k | 0x311   0x314   0x317   0x31A
16MÂ |Â 0x312Â Â Â 0x315Â Â Â 0x318Â Â Â 0x31B
Another (long) table
0x361
works for me on a widescreen laptop.
80x25Â (TEXT)Â Â 3840 Â 0xF00
80x50Â (TEXT)Â Â 3841 Â 0xF01
80x43Â (TEXT)Â Â 3842 Â 0xF02
80x28Â (TEXT)Â Â 3843 Â 0xF03
80x30Â (TEXT)Â Â 3845 Â 0xF05
80x34Â (TEXT)Â Â 3846 Â 0xF06
80x60Â (TEXT)Â Â 3847 Â 0xF07
320x200x8Â Â Â 816Â 0x330
320x200x16Â Â Â Â 782Â 0x30E
320x200x24Â Â Â Â 783Â 0x30F
320x240x8Â Â Â 820Â 0x334
320x240x16Â Â Â Â 821Â 0x335
320x240x24Â Â Â Â 822Â 0x336
320x400x8Â Â Â 817Â 0x331
320x400x16Â Â Â Â 818Â 0x332
320x400x24Â Â Â Â 819Â 0x333
640x400x8Â Â Â 768Â 0x300
640x400x16Â Â Â Â 829Â 0x33d
640x400x24Â Â Â Â 830Â 0x33e
640x480x8Â Â Â 769Â 0x301
640x480x16Â Â Â Â 785Â 0x311
640x480x24Â Â Â Â 786Â 0x312
768x480x8Â Â Â 866Â 0x362
768x480x16    ??? ????
768x480x24    ??? ????
800x600x8Â Â Â 771Â 0x303
800x600x16Â Â Â Â 788Â 0x314
800x600x24Â Â Â Â 789Â 0x315
1024x768x8Â Â Â Â 773Â 0x305
1024x768x16Â Â Â 791Â 0x317
1024x768x24Â Â Â 792Â 0x318
1280x800x8Â Â Â Â 864Â 0x360
1280x800x16   ??? ????
1280x800x24Â Â Â 865Â 0x361
1280x1024x8Â Â Â 775Â 0x307
1280x1024x16Â Â 794Â 0x31a
1280x1024x24Â Â 795Â 0x31b
1440x900x8Â Â Â Â 868Â 0x364
1440x900x16   ??? ????
1440x900x24Â Â Â 869Â 0x365
1600x1200x8Â Â Â 796Â 0x372
1600x1200x16Â Â 798Â 0x374
1600x1200x24Â Â 799Â 0x375