[users]Re: Command Line Interfaces

Michael R. Head burner at suppressingfire.org
Mon Oct 8 17:24:41 UTC 2007


On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 11:41 -0400, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Saturday 06 October 2007, (``-_-ยดยด) -- Fernando wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> You should NOT have to run  update-grub.
> 
> The GRUB menu.lst is read at boot time.  Nothing else need be done.

But each kernel command line option won't be updated until you run
update-grub.

-- 
Michael R. Head <burner at suppressingfire.org>
http://picasaweb.google.com/demiri.head.wedding
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