Catch-22 : wide monitor

[Bill Davidsen]

Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 18:22 -0500, Christopher K. Johnson wrote:
>>  
>> ... "linux vga=792" or some other 
>> vesa mode you like for your hardware.
> 
> I've often wondered: where are these magic numbers documented, or how
> can they be decoded to figure out what to use with, say, a 1280x800 or
> 1280x1024 or other resolution?
> 
> 
Kernel source, Documentation directory. I don't remember the file, but there's a 
pointer to it in the kernel-parameters.txt file, or you can just use "vga=ask" 
and select something usable.


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