[PLUG] Modify console resolution

[yogesh]

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On 4/26/07, Nawaz Patel <nawaz.patel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/26/07, Ritesh Khadgaray <khadgaray at gmail.com> wrote:
> > hiya,
> >
> > On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 14:35 +0530, Nawaz Patel wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >     How do I change the console screen resolution, I have a large
> > > screen and 80*25 chars look bad on it. Options mentioned on web like
> > I assume, you are using text mode for work
> > Check out "vga=ask" kernel option while booting.
> >
> This worked. At boot-up I am asked to hit <RETURN> then I have to
> 'scan' for additional screen modes, which gives me a screen mode list
> Mode:     cols/rows
> ...
> b 0123 132x60
> I selected 'b', it gave me a good resolution.
>
> The problem is doing all this everytime I boot, I had previously tried
> 'vga=799' and other codes, but they don't work.
> Can this process be automated, I wonder what the code '0123' means here.

copy-pasting chart

    | 640x480  800x600  1024x768 1280x1024
----+-------------------------------------
256 |  0x301    0x303    0x305    0x307
32k |  0x310    0x313    0x316    0x319
64k |  0x311    0x314    0x317    0x31A
16M |  0x312    0x315    0x318    0x31B

in decimal

    | 640x480  800x600  1024x768 1280x1024
----+-------------------------------------
256 |    769      771      773      775
32k |    784      787      790      793
64k |    785      788      791      794
16M |    786      789      792      795

Try these values and check what is the biggest resolution you graphics
card/monitor is supporting.
Then hardcode that value in /boot/grub/menu.lst if you are using grub
or /etc/lilo.conf if you are using lilo.


> >
> > > using X and kernel recompile for framebuffer support don't work for
> > > me.

concentrate on /device_drivers/graphics and
/device_driver/character_devices/agpgart_support while configuring
kernel. enable most of the options in this section(except enabling
graphics card support which is not isntalled on your system).


> >
> I am running a bare kernel 2.6.9-22, and don't want to use X.

Thats cool. You can listen music and see videos without X.
Check:  mplayer -vo help


> >
> > >     Anybody knows a simpler way?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Nawaz
> > >
> > Ritesh Khadgaray
> > ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ
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> >

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yogesh chavan