[users]Re: Command Line Interfaces

[Pete Holsberg]

(``-_-´´) -- Fernando has written on 10/6/2007 3:36 PM:
> 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
>   

OK
> then run it:
> # sudo hwinfo --framebuffer
>   

linux [pjh] /home/pjh> sudo hwinfo --framebuffer
linux [pjh] /home/pjh>


> 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.
>   

I guess I have no framebuffer?

-- 
Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, 
nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire...
-- Aristotle

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