Re: Set widescreen resolution in console

[Antonio Paiva <alpharomeopapa@gmail.com>]

I don't have to use the new kernel. Whatever works... But, what is Debian Jessie?

On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Dmitrii Kashin <freehck@freehck.ru> wrote:

Antonio Paiva <arp2inf@gmail.com> writes:

>>> I have recently acquired an old Sony Vaio PCG-C1VN (aka, a "PictureBook")
>>> and installed Debian wheezy. The problem is that I can only get the
>>> *console* to run at 640x480 resolution.
>>
>> First of all, have you tried to boot your kernel with vga=ask option?
>

> I did try "vga=ask" but that option is no longer supported by the
> debian kernel.

Is new kernel essential?
For example, I am using Debian Jessie with a kernel 3.2 from Wheezy
release because of some driver problems.

If this is not a variant for you, I guess you should dig into
framebuffer info.