[arch-general] Video Resolution, Grub2 and Kernel 2.6.32

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On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 11:38:33AM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
> When I installed grub2 a short while back, I was using the kernel 2.6.31.6 
> and I enjoyed a full screen of 1024.768 32K color depth.  I followed the 
> steps outlined here 
> <http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2#Setting_the_framebuffer_resolution> 
> to the letter and all was great.
>
> But when the kernel26 package upgraded to 2.6.32.2, This functionality 
> broke.  I ended up having to remove the video related stuff from my grub 
> line to get my system to boot.  When I say this didn't work anymore, 
> basically my system wouldn't boot and I end up with a blank screen showing.
>
> When I experimented by removing the insmod statement and using vga=790 by 
> itself, the best I get is a 30 line display with 80 columns width.
>
> Anyone know what changed? It would appear that we may need to update the 
> wiki page with new info for grub2 and video resolution.
>

KMS conflicts with vga,video.
What GPU do you have ?