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Of course it means something! See here.

I already did that and couldn't find anything, hence the reason I'm asking here. Beside I that's not what I meant, I was talking about this:
Also, the only options I see are in the range of 80x60

They may be using basic VGA text consoles but Ubuntu probably boots into some sort of framebuffer. They couldn't bear to have anything less pretty.

A text console is preferred over a framebuffer when possible I think -- faster, easier, cooperates better with other video drivers, and less finicky in general -- but it depends on the console modes the video card gives you, which sometimes aren't what you expected them to be. Especially in things like laptops.

Is there a way to change this?

Depends on your display device - what type of display device have you? Please supply FULL details.

I have an s3 trio32/64 video card with 2MB of video memory and a monitor that supports resolution up to 1024x768 32 bit. That is basically all I know, sorry if this still seems lacking. Also when I tried installing Antix (which is debian derived) I had the same problem until I appended the options "drvr=vesa AND res=800x600" but I tried these so far and they don't work.

On Ubuntu forums One guy says he solved problem

s3 trio32/64 problem. - Ubuntu Forums