[arch-general] kernel vga setting problems

[Ralph Alvy]

Aaron Schaefer wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Ralph Alvy <ralph at ralphalvy.com> wrote:
>> Why is it that after the last few upgrades with pacman I can't use
>> any 'vga=nnn' setting anymore in my grub menu.lst? I used to
>> use 'vga=792' 'vga=795', if memory serves me here. I keep ending up with
>> a message at boot time that tells me the video mode selected is no
>> recognized.
> 
> 
> Are you using an older Nvidia card that had support dropped for it in
> the latest release?  If that is the case, there are specific packages
> for those cards available.
> 
> --
> Aaron "ElasticDog" Schaefer

Not using an older Nvidia card. Using an onboard sis chip.