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Add support for 1920x1200 #10

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
I'm using a iMac, and burg not support my resolution. (1920x1200)
Please add it, thanks.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by liu.dong...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2010 at 2:47

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Which version do you use, EFI or PC ?

Original comment by bean12...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2010 at 7:35

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I'm using PC version, with rEFIt.

Original comment by liu.dong...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2010 at 10:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
PC version must use bios to set video mode. If 1920x1200 is not in the 
resolution list when you press F2 or r, then it is not supported.

Original comment by bean12...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2010 at 4:21

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Ok, thanks. I will try to install the EFI version.

Original comment by liu.dong...@gmail.com on 26 Jun 2010 at 12:35

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I suggest you stick to PC version for now. There are some tricky issue to boot 
linux kernel in EFI mode, I don't recommend it for normal user.

Original comment by bean12...@gmail.com on 26 Jun 2010 at 3:33

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Ok. But how to use 1920x1200? iMac has no bios.

Original comment by liu.dong...@gmail.com on 26 Jun 2010 at 4:00

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
bootcamp provides bios emulation, so PC version works as well. To enable 
maximum resolution, you need to use EFI loader burg64.efi. But as I said 
before, booting linux in EFI mode is quite tricky, so I suggest you use the PC 
version.

Original comment by bean12...@gmail.com on 28 Jun 2010 at 2:42

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Ok, thank you, I will use the PC version.

Original comment by liu.dong...@gmail.com on 28 Jun 2010 at 11:57

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Could someone please enlighten me what EFI mode is as opposed to the PC 
version. You see, I too would like a higher resolution and from what I 
understand here is that I should probably try the EFI, right?

Now don't worry, I might strike you guys as a 'normal user' (I don't consider 
myself that) but in any case I'm not stupid. I've got this crappy computer here 
that nobody uses and before I mess thing up on my real system I thought it 
might be a good idea to start experimenting on the crappy computer first.

I could swap my video cards and connect my HD monitor to it and see if I could 
get the boot loader to be displayed at 1920x1080 using the EFI version because 
it won't on the PC version on my real system.

So, if anybody could please tell me what this whole EFI thing is and how to 
install it I would be very grateful. =)

Original comment by G.r.v.kr...@gmail.com on 16 Aug 2010 at 10:41

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
You need a machine that supports EFI boot, such as mac or a few EFI enabled 
intel motherboards. If you have mac, you can install rEFIt first, then copy the 
efi image to the root directory of your osx partition and it'd be found. For 
intel motherboards, EFI is disabled by default but you can enable it in bios, 
you also need to create GPT partition and copy efi image to 
\BOOT\EFI\BOOTX64.EFI in the efi system partition.

Original comment by bean12...@gmail.com on 17 Aug 2010 at 3:59