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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: No console when booting with GRUB 2?
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 12:10:26
Message-Id: lkqddi$o4l$2@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: No console when booting with GRUB 2? by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On 12/05/14 15:02, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 >> [...]
3 >> Could you maybe add how you "use the EFI console framebuffer driver"
4 >> here, just as a reference for others? You know, we all google around
5 >> like hell ... especially with this "intuitive" UEFI-stuff ;-)
6 >
7 > It's an in-kernel driver, like VESAFB and so on. It's the CONFIG_FB_EFI
8 > option. [...]
9
10 Forgot to mention that with this driver, you then use following options
11 in /etc/default/grub:
12
13 GRUB_GFXMODE=1920x1080
14 GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
15
16 So GRUB_GFXMODE determines the resolution you want, and the kernel then
17 keeps that resolution for its consoles.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No console when booting with GRUB 2? "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>