Changing the resolution of a virtual terminal

[(``-_-´´) -- Fernando]

Yeh you are right.
I've just reduced from 24 to 8 bits.
I didnt even thought about it when I set it.

On 6/28/07, Felipe Figueiredo <philsf79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 24 June 2007 00:07:56 Felix Miata wrote:
> > >>  vga=0x317
> >
> > > What is the significance of the number?
> >
> > The hexadecimal VESA mode for 16 color 1024x768.
> >
>
> Isn't 16bit color overkill for the console? I would expect at least some
> performance loss comparing to 8bit (0x305), especially on non-accelerated
> graphic cards or old hardware (like my 64MB RAM laptop).
>
> I, for one, never run anything extensivelly graphic on the console (svgalib,
> mplayer), so if it gives me ANSI colors, I'm satisfied. YMMV
>
> regards
> FF
>
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