Comment 238 for bug 129910

klerfayt wrote:
>"video= ... " boot option will do nothing in ubuntu

There's nothing proprietary about Ubuntu's implementation of the
kernel or the video stack. "video=..." is a feature of the vesafb (and
similar) framebuffer driver. If the driver is loaded at boot time, as
I described, it should work. I've been experimenting with it and found
that it does more than nothing. :-)

On a slightly different tack, I haven't taken a look at the specifics
of how the kernel is compiled to see what effect that has on the
framebuffer. If someone knows or has the opportunity to look, it would
be helpful.

Happy Trails,

Loye Young