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(``-_-´´) -- Fernando has written on 10/6/2007 3:36 PM:
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<pre wrap="">On Thursday 04 October 2007 23:23:31 Pete Holsberg wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Mario Vukelic pounded out the following on his or her keyboard on
10/4/2007 3:37 PM:
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<pre wrap="">On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 14:54 -0400, Pete Holsberg wrote:
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<pre wrap="">What controls the resolution in the console?
Pretend I'm a Unix geek. Now what's your answer? :-)
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<pre wrap="">Pass a vga= command line to the kernel to change the resolution. Google
for "grub vga modes" or something.
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<pre wrap="">Tried it. Didn't work.
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install hwinfo
#sudo apt-get install hwinfo
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OK<br>
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then run it:
# sudo hwinfo --framebuffer
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linux [pjh] /home/pjh> sudo hwinfo --framebuffer<br>
linux [pjh] /home/pjh><br>
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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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I guess I have no framebuffer?<br>
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Pete Holsberg<br>
Columbus, NJ<br>
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance,
nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire...<br>
-- Aristotle
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