Framebuffer console help

[Daevid Vincent]

I'm trying to set a 1280x1024 frame buffer console on my 8.10 server:
 
When I do "vga=ask" the mode says "31B", but this page says "791"
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ConsoleFramebuffer
 
Either one causes the screen to go high-resolution, blank and just a little "_" in the top left corner. 
It never recovers, yet the server is booted as I can ssh into it and the web/mysql/mail/etc are all working.
 
What am I doing wrong? This is on an Intel mobo with built in graphics (however, I do get Compiz working just fine in X/Gnome)
 
 
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