Problem setting command-line console resolution. vbeinfo in grub2 does not report all resolutions

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Published on 2010-05-06T15:15:06Z Indexed on 2010/05/06 15:18 UTC
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I have a Asus EEE PC 1005P which I installed a Command-line system on using the Alternate Installer CD of Ubuntu Lucid Lynx. Altough I think this is a general linux and grub2 question. I do not have (or want) the X Window System installed.

I want to change my console screen resolution (not inside X) to 1024x600. But it isn't reported when I use vbeinfo inside grub:

grub> vbeinfo
VBE info:   version: 3.0  OEM software rev: 1.0
            total memory: 8128 KiB
List of compatible video modes:
Legend: P=Packed pixel, D=Direct color, mask/pos=R/G/B/reserved
0x112:   640 x 480 x 32   Direct, mask: 8/8/8/8  pos: 16/8/0/24
0x114:   800 x 600 x 16   Direct, mask: 5/6/5/0  pos: 11/5/0/0
0x115:   800 x 600 x 32   Direct, mask: 8/8/8/8  pos: 16/8/0/24
0x101:   640 x 480 x 8    Packed
0x103:   800 x 600 x 8    Packed
0x111:   640 x 480 x 16   Direct, mask: 5/6/5/0  pos: 11/5/0/0
Configured VBE mode (vbe_mode) = ox101
grub> 

Relevant parts of sudo lspci -v:

...     ...

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83ac
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28
        ...
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83ac
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28
        ...

...     ...

Any ideas on how I can set the console resultion like I want it?

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