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medra42

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Registered: 2010-11-13

Posts: 2

Trying to set console resolution to 1440x900 at startup

Hi, I've got an NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M and I'd like to set my console resolution to 1440x900.

For starters, X works just fine. Everything goes great.

But when I boot into the console, I can't set a resolution any higher than 1024x768 which, on this laptop, looks pretty wonky. I've tried vbetest and having GRUB ask me at bootup, but nothing shows me an available resolution near 1440x900.

Any thoughts? Danke.

xvello

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Registered: 2010-05-15

Posts: 81

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Re: Trying to set console resolution to 1440x900 at startup

Hello

The solution is to use KMS (Kernel Mode Settings), to get the kernel to initialise the GPU itself, thus allowing every video mode in the console. This requires the nouveau driver.

Cheers

medra42

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Registered: 2010-11-13

Posts: 2

Re: Trying to set console resolution to 1440x900 at startup

Worked beautifully! Thanks so much.