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colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

[SOLVED] Changing resolution of virtual consoles

In my menu.lst I see:

#  FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
#     +-------------------------------------------------+
#          | 640x480    800x600    1024x768   1280x1024
#      ----+--------------------------------------------
#      256 | 0x301=769  0x303=771  0x305=773   0x307=775
#      32K | 0x310=784  0x313=787  0x316=790   0x319=793
#      64K | 0x311=785  0x314=788  0x317=791   0x31A=794
#      16M | 0x312=786  0x315=789  0x318=792   0x31B=795
#     +-------------------------------------------------+

I'd like 1280x1024 at least for sure, but which colour depth do I choose? Just cautious as I don't wanna mess it up and be fudged on reboot. Thx

Last edited by colbert (2008-09-02 20:55:15)

Onwards

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From: Pakistan

Registered: 2007-04-18

Posts: 108

Re: [SOLVED] Changing resolution of virtual consoles

I use 256 and is all what I want... That would make it 775 for 1280x1024.

So add vga=775 to your kernel commandline in menu.lst.

Last edited by Onwards (2008-08-30 07:08:54)

killercow

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Registered: 2008-08-27

Posts: 22

Re: [SOLVED] Changing resolution of virtual consoles

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but as long as you have a graphics card from year 2002 onwards I think you could easily choose the 16M option. However, I agree that you don't really need more than 256 colors, so it may be marginally faster to use 256 colors.

I use 16M quite happily, but my hardware can do it blindfolded.

BTW, if you would like to TEST if it will work (so you won't be "fudged on a reboot"):

When booting @GRUB hit "e" on the Arch Linux option, add the vga= option of your choice to the kernel line and click "b" to boot it. This will boot without saving the info. If it works, then you can add the setting to your menu.lst

Last edited by killercow (2008-08-30 10:29:26)

colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

Re: [SOLVED] Changing resolution of virtual consoles

Thanks a lot guys I edited my menu.lst and thanks for the tip killercow, I will give it a go

killercow

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Registered: 2008-08-27

Posts: 22

Re: [SOLVED] Changing resolution of virtual consoles

Did you get it working? [SOLVED] ?

colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

Re: [SOLVED] Changing resolution of virtual consoles

Yes, forgot to mark it solved, doing now!