[users]Re: Command Line Interfaces

[(=?utf-8?q?=60=60-=5F-=C2=B4=C2=B4?=) -- Fernando]

On Thursday 04 October 2007 23:23:31 Pete Holsberg wrote:
> Mario Vukelic pounded out the following on his or her keyboard on 
> 10/4/2007 3:37 PM:
> > On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 14:54 -0400, Pete Holsberg wrote:
> >   
> >> What controls the resolution in the console?
> >>
> >> Pretend I'm a Unix geek. Now what's your answer? :-)
> >>     
> >
> > Pass a vga= command line to the kernel to change the resolution. Google
> > for "grub vga modes" or something.
> >   
> 
> Tried it. Didn't work.
> 

install hwinfo
#sudo apt-get install hwinfo

then run it:
# sudo hwinfo --framebuffer

choose one of the resolutions and see the vga code for 8 bits.
add it to grub. mine looks like this, for 1280x800 at 8 bits:
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=verbose splash vga=0x0360

now, safe, and run:
#sudo update-grub
and reboot, to see the new terminal at your chosen resolution.

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