For quite a long time I've been using things like:
vga=0x31A
On the kernel line in grub.conf
Its a hexidecimal system drawn info in this (partial) chart I found
somewhere in the kernel documentation long ago.
## 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
## 256 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307
## 32k 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319
## 64k 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A
## 16M 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
I've used kernel lines like below in grub.conf:
(asterisks added)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 ** vga=0x31b ** video=vesfb:mtrr:3,ywrap
For a very long time. (On occasion I've needed a smaller resolution
and used 0x317)
But on two recent installs of gentoo as vmware guests, that kind of
entry isn't doing any good and I'm still being prompted to make a
choice.
When I hit <enter> as directed a largish chart of what look to be
octal based settings, flashes by and only the last portion of it
remains visible.
It has choices like 340, 341 and many other three digit offerings from
a large chart that shows the resolutions you get with the 3 digit
choices.
I was unable to find this chart by grepping in the kerne//Documentation
directory.
Where does the boot process access that chart?
And why is it that the hex system is ignored and this other system
offered at boot?
I'm successfully using the hex system on my main gentoo machine... but on
the two recently installed gentoo vmware guests it doesn't work.
It may be relevant that these installs are console only... no X.
