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arch0r

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From: From the Chron-o-John

Registered: 2008-05-13

Posts: 597

decrease font size during boot

hai :>
is it possible to scale down the font size to make it much easier to read the system messages during arch boots?
do i have to edit a config file or is it required to use such a vga framebuffer thingy?

best regards :>

Inxsible

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Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: decrease font size during boot

yup. simply set a framebuffer to a size that you like. They are listed in /boot/grub/menu.lst

I use a framebuffer size of 792

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Odysseus

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Re: decrease font size during boot

Yup, what Inxsible said.  I have mine setup so that the framebuffer is at the native resolution for my laptop, 1280x800. 

Here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gru … Resolution

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liquibyte

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Re: decrease font size during boot

I didn't write this but found it in the wild.  I know what you mean though, my resolution is 1920x1200 native.

Grub VGA Mode

Posted on the November 28th, 2008 under Linux by rmichel

You would like to know what Grub VGA Mode you can use ? Default is something like that

Color depth      | 640x480  800x600  1024x768 1280x1024
-----------------+-------------------------------------
256        (8bit)|  769      771       773      775
32000     (15bit)|  784      787       790      793
65000     (16bit)|  785      788       791      794
16.7 Mill.(24bit)|  786      789       792      795

but with hwinfo --framebuffer you get an output like this

stina:/home/rmichel# hwinfo --framebuffer
02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer
  [Created at bios.450]
  Unique ID: rdCR.VSBbdW2x3qC
  Hardware Class: framebuffer
  Model: "NVIDIA G86 Board - NV_NB8M "
  Vendor: "NVIDIA Corporation"
  Device: "G86 Board - NV_NB8M "
  SubVendor: "NVIDIA"
  SubDevice:
  Revision: "Chip Rev"
  Memory Size: 14 MB
  Memory Range: 0xd1000000-0xd1dfffff (rw)
  Mode 0x0300: 640x400 (+640), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+800), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0307: 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bits
  Mode 0x030e: 320x200 (+640), 16 bits
  Mode 0x030f: 320x200 (+1280), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits
  Mode 0x031a: 1280x1024 (+2560), 16 bits
  Mode 0x031b: 1280x1024 (+5120), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0330: 320x200 (+320), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0331: 320x400 (+320), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0332: 320x400 (+640), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0333: 320x400 (+1280), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0334: 320x240 (+320), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0335: 320x240 (+640), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0336: 320x240 (+1280), 24 bits
  Mode 0x033d: 640x400 (+1280), 16 bits
  Mode 0x033e: 640x400 (+2560), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0345: 1600x1200 (+1600), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0346: 1600x1200 (+3200), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0347: 1400x1050 (+1400), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0348: 1400x1050 (+2800), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0349: 1400x1050 (+5600), 24 bits
  Mode 0x034a: 1600x1200 (+6400), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0352: 2048x1536 (+8192), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0360: 1280x800 (+1280), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0361: 1280x800 (+5120), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0362: 768x480 (+768), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0364: 1440x900 (+1440), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0365: 1440x900 (+5760), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0368: 1680x1050 (+1680), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0369: 1680x1050 (+6720), 24 bits
  Mode 0x037c: 1920x1200 (+1920), 8 bits
  Mode 0x037d: 1920x1200 (+7680), 24 bits
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

My notebook has native 1680×1050 so i can use vga=0×369 to boot up with 1680×1050 :)