Re: Setting the screen resolution in grub2

[Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl>]

Hi there


On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Brian wrote:

> I got carried away there. /etc/default/console-setup doesn't alter the
> screen resolution.

It does set COLUMNS and LINES.

Anyway. I solved the problem. It was a hardware and not a config problem;
The motherboard has a onboard VGA and had a NVidia AGP card. It wouldn't 
work without the NVidea. Nor with a PCI card. So I cleared the BIOS with a 
jumper.
It now works with the onboard VGA. My 1280x1024 monitor says it's at 
720x400, but my IBM 8513 (640x480@60 Hz / 640x400@72 Hz) just works.
The IBM 8513 is a 12 Inch monitor that I only use when I can't SSH to my 
server.

Thanks for all your input.


Regards,
Rob