Talk:HOWTO Intel Onboard Graphics Notebooks Native Resolution

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[edit] Simpler framebuffer?

While messing around with framebuffer console, I found that in kernel 7.6.21 (and maybe earlier) you can set "VESA default mode" to "1280x800-32@60" and compile vesafb-tng as built-in. That way you skip the module probing and adding the vesafb script. Simpler? Somebody have some cons?

[edit] Intel and console framebuffer

As of kernel version 2.6.23, I cannot get the framebuffer to accept my notebook's native resolution. vesafb doesn't detect 1400x1050 as a valid VGA mode, and uvesafb, vesafb-tng's replacement, doesn't either. It used to "just work" with vesafb-tng and a vesa default mode. Is there some way to get my framebuffer back, or am I stuck with an ugly text console?