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Hello Maurice!

11 Jul 2022 05:21, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:

 BP>> 42" is just still not big screens, around 200" is :=)
 MK> 28" is as big as it gets here (4k).

+1

 MK> I am thinking smaller.  Offhand 
 MK> 10" or 12" if the right one(s) can be found.  In the meantime a 4k efi 
 MK> boot to the 28" is my current toy on a nvme disk.

+1

 BP>> yes, in gentoo its grub source file to edit is /etc/default/grub
 MK> For graphic boots I have the below in /etc/default/grub;

 MK>   GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
 MK>   GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
 MK>   GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="gfxterm"

 MK> The "GRUB_GFXMODE=auto" option will detect and use the native 
 MK> resolution of the monitor, currently 4k.  I did try both 1080p and a 
 MK> 720p monitors on the same system with it successfully detecting and 
 MK> booting the correct resolution in time to display all the boot 
 MK> penguins it can on the top line.  For both 4k and 1020p all 16 
 MK> penguins are displayed just like the doctor ordered.

it shows no penguins here, might need more kernel boot line options ?

 MK> For the record a SSD sata drive also works but it incorrectly 
 MK> identifys it as hd0 when there is an nvme disk and should be hd1.

imho this is udev ?

 MK> I think this might be a bios issue but have yet to find a fix other then 
 MK> to not use the sata interface for booting.

reorder boot bios devices can change fysical dev names in os :=)

 BP>> i just like to see the penguins here if possible as your test
 BP>> say it works :)

 MK> Yes it does.  For a 4k monitor I think a 12 core (two threads per 
 MK> core) would look the best.  :::evil grin:::

more work is need for me to make it work


 Regards Benny

... too late to die young :)

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