Matthew Moore wrote: > On Saturday February 6 2010 2:36:02 pm Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: > >> So I removed vga=791 and problems with getting a console were resolved. >> >> In order to have a good resolution for my console while the pc is >> booting, I used the >> GRUB_GFXMODE=1440x900 directive in the grub2 config, but while it starts >> at this resolution, after the message 'Loading the initial image' (or >> something like that), it reverts again to a very low analysis. How can I >> fix that? >> > > I think that you need to append "video=i915" to the linux command line, via > the variable GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub. This specifies > the KMS driver for the kernel to use. > > When KMS gets loaded, it resets the console's scrollback buffer. Since the KMS > driver gets loaded late in the boot process in Debian (later than in most > other distro's), you won't be able to see any of your boot messages once your > machine reaches login. Apparently this is going to be fixed in the future. > > MM > > Thanks for your answers everybody! So, I got it working by adding video=i915:modeset=1 to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub. I also want to add that I don't see happening what Matthew wrote. I can see all the boot messages while the machine boots, and after the machine reaches login prompt. Even now, from the X session, if I press CTRL-F1 I get to the console where there are the boot messages, and at the bottom, the login prompt. Cheers, Giorgos
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