Re: GRUB_GFXMODE= 60 refresh how?

[Andrey Borzenkov]

On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Felix Miata <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 2014-05-03 12:00 (GMT+0400) Andrey Borzenkov composed:
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>> Sat, 03 May 2014 01:22:19 -0400 Felix Miata composed:
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>>> On 2014-05-03 07:51 (GMT+0400) Andrey Borzenkov composed:
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>>> > Fri, 02 May 2014 18:37:44 -0400> Felix Miata composed:
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>>> >> Fedora 20
>>> >> # man grub
>>> >> No manual entry for grub
>>> >> # man grub2
>>> >> No manual entry for grub2
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>>> >> Searching with Google for GRUB_GFXMODE= where how to designate
>>> >> appropriate refresh
>>> >> rate comes up empty, always with either just HxV or HxVxBits. How does
>>> >> one get
>>> >> Grub2's boot menu to produce the Grub Legacy equivalent of having
>>> >> address@hidden
>>> >> on boot stanza cmdline?
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>>> > Does adding address@hidden to kernel command line in grub2 not work?
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>>> It works, but what is GRUB_GFXMODE for if not to take the place either it
>>> and/or vga=791?
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>> No, grub2 does not support setting refresh rate.
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> If neither GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX nor GRUB_GFXMODE can provide a known
> *supported* video mode to suit the user, why do they even exist?
>

Please provide reference to handover protocol that allows passing
refresh rate information between bootloader and linux kernel.

> Any idea why there is no man page on Fedora [19,20,21] for Grub, Grub2, or
> grub.cfg?
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