"Framebuffer Console"

[Mauro Grauso]

sudo apt-get install hwinfo
sudo hwinfo --framebuffer

see which videomode you like more and get the relative hex value
(eg. for the line
Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits
the value to get is 0x0318)

sudo vim /boot/grub/menu.lst

modify your default kernel like the following example:
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-28-386 root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet splash
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-28-386 root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet
vga=0x0318 splash

Watch out because if you change the default videomode you may get
scrambled or wrong ratio bootup screen on ubuntu > 6.06

Though after the boot the aspect ratio becomes right again and you
also have your ALT+Fx hires mode on.

Mauro



On 6/8/07, Shawn McCuan <smccuan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like the Ubuntu console (the real one, like if you do a
> Ctrl-Alt-F1) to run at 1024x768 with some background image like I see on
> some other distro's....
>
> What do I have to do to make this happen???
>
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