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grub package

grub wont accept vga=360

Bug #366629 reported by Fernando Miguel
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub

i added vga=360 (and latter tried vga=s) to my boot stanza but it always fails, asking me to choose one of the available modes. If then I choose 360 it will work.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: grub 0.97-29ubuntu53
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-12-generic x86_64

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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :
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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :
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Steve Beattie (sbeattie) wrote :

When entering a vesa vga option on the kernel boot command line, if you're entering a mode in hex (360 is hex, equal to 864 in base 10), it needs to be prefixed with 0x, so that the kernel can distinguish what kind of number you're entering. Thus, either "vga=0x360" or "vga=864" should work for you.

Closing as not a bug, though admittedly the interface here is confusing.

Changed in grub (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :

On Friday 01 May 2009 19:50:08 Steve Beattie wrote:
> kind of number you're entering. Thus, either "vga=0x360" or "vga=864" should work for you.

Thanks Steve. changed grub and will try on next boot.
if it fails, i'll reopen this bug.
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