framebuffer console not size-able

[timmy334]

I have a 21" CRT flatscreen that rocks. The only thing is that I can't get any framebuffer setting to work on it following instruction currently found in the install guide and on the forums. I would simply like to set the framebuffer console to a resolution of at least 1024x768. Right now when I boot, poor Tux looks squished! The bootsplash tutorials have worked before with my smaller monitor, but nothing I have tried can get it to work here.
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[alterself.com]

i have found it easiest to configure the 2.6 kernel to make this work. i have no idea what you have tried, but here is what my menuconfig looks like: (and all my machines work)