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bobthepurple

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From: /dev/null -> /

Registered: 2009-02-22

Posts: 13

tty terminal resize

I know it's not a desktop environment, but it deosn't really fit into any other category.
Upon booting to grub and using the option vga=0x318 and/or vga=773 on the kernel boot line, after approximately udev events start up the entire screen resizes to a high resolution, I think it's 1400x1200, and the messages don't reach the end of the screen, they begin to merge into each-other and the tty terminal login screen doesn't change back to the previous resolution. Does anyone have any ideas as to the cause or solution for this problem?

tavianator

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From: Waterloo, ON, Canada

Registered: 2007-08-21

Posts: 858

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Re: tty terminal resize

This is not a problem; this is a new kernel feature called kernel mode-setting (KMS).  Have a look at this.

bobthepurple

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From: /dev/null -> /

Registered: 2009-02-22

Posts: 13

Re: tty terminal resize

Thank you, that somewhat fixed the problem, grub starts in something around 800x600, then tells me it's switching to a new framebuffer device and changes resolution to something around 1204x768. It no longer has the messages merging, however, which is a plus.