<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Mario Vukelic pounded out the following on his or her keyboard on 10/4/2007 3:37 PM: <blockquote cite="mid:1191526664.6476.3.camel@chronic" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 14:54 -0400, Pete Holsberg wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">What controls the resolution in the console? Pretend I'm a Unix geek. Now what's your answer? :-) </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Pass a vga= command line to the kernel to change the resolution. Google for "grub vga modes" or something. </pre> </blockquote> Tried it. Didn't work. <blockquote cite="mid:1191526664.6476.3.camel@chronic" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">You can also use a framebuffer, which would give you higher resolutions easily. </pre> </blockquote> How do I use a framebuffer? <blockquote cite="mid:1191526664.6476.3.camel@chronic" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> /etc/console-tools/config to change the font. </pre> </blockquote> ?? linux [pjh] /home/pjh> sudo /etc/console-tools/config sudo: /etc/console-tools/config: command not found linux [pjh] /home/pjh> /etc/console-tools/config -bash: /etc/console-tools/config: Permission denied linux [pjh] /home/pjh> <div class="moz-signature">-- Pete Holsberg Columbus, NJ Treat everyone the way you want to be treated... </div> </body> </html>