[Debian-eeepc-devel] 9156resolution stopped working after lenny->squeeze upgrade

[Juha Heinanen]

Pedro Bulach Gapski writes:

 > I have been running squeeze for a few months, and this setup is
 > working on a GMA500, although the netbook is not the same as yours.
 > 
 > However, grub-pc has been upgraded today:
 > [UPGRADE] grub-pc 1.98~20100115-1 -> 1.98-1
 > and I can not tell (yet) if this upgrade has caused a regression.

it is version 1.98-1 that i'm using (both squeeze and unstable repos).

 > Same setup as mine. Double check that the file is executable after the
 > upgrade. And check /boot/grub/grub.cfg and see if the 915resolution
 > lines have correctly made into it.

i checked and /boot/grub/grub.cfg does have the relevant lines:

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/01_915resolution ###
insmod 915resolution
915resolution 58 1366 768 32
### END /etc/grub.d/01_915resolution ###

 > Try downgrading to grub-pc 1.98~20100115-1. If that solves the problem
 > we should open a bug on grub-pc.

i'll try to find that version from somewhere.

 > 
 > Note that modprobing the framebuffer from /etc/modules has stopped
 > working with the latest intel X driver. If you have that line on
 > /etc/modules, comment it out and give it a try.

i have commented that line out, but in lenny, screen went to 1366/768
mode already during boot, i.e., before X was started.  now with squeeze,
it doesn't.

-- juha