Changing Console Resolution

Mon Sep 6 09:13:14 UTC 2004

CB wrote:
> For those times when I boot without X, how can I raise the resolution of 
> the console so I can see more text on a page than the standard (80 x 24?).

This matrix should give you some choices for resolution. I recommend 
8bit modes, because the others give poor performance, IMO. The numbers 
are for the vga=.. kernel boot parameter. vga=773 is a good choice.

        |   640x480   800x600     1024x768    1280x1024
-----------------------------------------------------
8 bpp  |   769 	     771         773         775
16 bpp |   785 	     788         791         794
32 bpp |   786       789         792         795

(from the Gentoo installation handbook)

Øyvind
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