On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:29:21 +0200 Michal Simovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi, i would like to ask if there is a way to get smaller fonts on boot > (and in console) different from editing lilo.conf (as i am using grub > and want to continue in doing so :)) > has grub any such configuring option(i succesfully made the boot menu to > show a splash image in the background) or is there another way of > achvieving this? > > ps: > my console already uses graphical mode, so i don't need to solve this. > i don't want to use Bootsplash from http://www.bootsplash.org, i would > like get along without it. > thanks much > -- > miso > > Test these vga modes from the grub commandline to see which ones work. you can then put vga=??? as a kernel cmd line option. On my system, vga=791 (1024x768) lets me see almost all the boot output on a line by line item.. Nice for validation that the boot process is working as planned.. <g> -------------------------- VGA modes for boot loader (ie, vga=??) ex: vga=785 would be 640x480 resolution with 16bit 65000 colors 640 800 1024 1280 468 600 768 1024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 256 bytes ( 8bit ) 769 771 768 775 32 kb (15bit) 784 787 790 793 65 kb (16bit) 785 788 791 794 32 Mb (24bit) 786 789 792 795 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with > voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Cheers: Mike .. Now, a little humor compliments of Linux Fortune... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
