[NTLUG:Discuss] Grub Video Config Help

Thomas Cameron thomas.cameron at camerontech.com
Tue Apr 18 21:39:46 CDT 2006


Stephen Davidson wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> I am having an issue with GRUB, Linux booting, and LCD Monitors.  During 
> the boot (after the countdown finishes), the LCD monitor is flashing 
> "input not supported" at me, until XDM starts.  I was wondering how to 
> change the video mode during booting to something the LCD supports.  
> This would be especially useful for when the system fails to start 
> runlevel 5 and X, especially when something happens and it goes to 
> Single User mode.
>
> I was unable to find anything either in the info pages, man pages, or on 
> Google on how to do this.

Sorry for not replying earlier.  A full list of supported framebuffer 
resolutions and their syntax is available at 
http://www.camerontech.com/framebuffer.html

Thomas



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