[bug #34610] please add support for different PC VGA text modes

[Lars Täuber]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?34610>

                 Summary: please add support for different PC VGA text modes
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: taeuber
            Submitted on: Fr 21 Okt 2011 08:42:11 GMT
                Category: Booting
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Hi there,

grub2 circumvents the text modes setting with a linux cmd line like vga=6.

This is really bad.

Is it possible to enable vga text mode setting for a different mode than the
normal one?

See also grub-core/loader/i386/linux.c lines 773ff

It like to choose e.g. one of those
(from vga=ask with old boot image)
=8<=========================
Video adapter: VESA VGA
Mode:    COLSxROWS:
0 0F00 80x25
1 0F01 80x50
2 0F02 80x43
3 0F03 80x28
4 0F05 80x30
5 0F06 80x34
6 0F07 80x60
7 030A 132x43

Enter mode number or `scan':
========================>8==

Thanks
Lars



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