native vga=0x120 on cmdline does not work on Intel chips that do not support standard VESA modes

[Felix Miata]

This seems essentially a continuation of or closely related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usplash/+bug/150797

In Lucid when I try vga=0x120 on cmdline I do not get the Intel legacy native 132 column by 25 row mode. A message flashes on screen and disappears too quickly to read, and nothing that looks similar is to be found anywhere in /var/log. Googling I've seen references to gfxpayload, but these all seem to imply framebuffer ever worked. Framebuffer never has worked on any i810 video chip I've used. None of the gfxpayload examples I've tried on Lucid work. So, I'm stuck in 80x30 consoles using Lucid, while openSUSE 11.3 (later released) on the same machine gives me the same functional 120X25 consoles I've been using for over a decade.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
Can you run in a terminal
apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-video-intel 651793
Thanks
Fabio

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We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.