Re: console vga mode

2004-12-21 Thread vincent . tournebise
> I want a higher console resolution, therefore I use vga=6 as a kerneloption. > During system boot the resolution is set to the higher mode and then, > just before the system is sone boting, the console resolution switches > back to the default. Actually what happens is that the default console

Re: Console vga mode

2002-10-02 Thread Robert Epprecht
Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > #include > Robert Epprecht wrote on Wed Oct 02, 2002 um 06:37:59AM: > >> I do not get any other choices for 80x25 than '0', which does not work. >> (Still giving 80x30). > > Text or VGA mode? I guess you faced the kernel framebuffer. > To disable it, us

Re: Console vga mode (SVGATextMode)

2002-10-02 Thread Tony Wasson
> Hmm...if neither setting vga=ask in lilo, and subsequently running > lilo, nor using the above work, then perhaps you can try installing > svgatextmode and use it to set your display. Once installed, run > SVGATextMode -s to scan and print all available text modes. Then run > it with the text

Re: Console vga mode

2002-10-02 Thread Jeff
Robert Epprecht, 2002-Oct-02 06:35 +0200: > Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Robert Epprecht, 2002-Oct-01 22:18 +0200: > > >> Sometimes I'd like to have the old 80x25 screens back, how? > > > At boot, try entering this at the boot prompt: > > > > video=vga:off > > > > or > > > > video=ve

Re: Console vga mode

2002-10-02 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Robert Epprecht wrote on Wed Oct 02, 2002 um 06:37:59AM: > I do not get any other choices for 80x25 than '0', which does not work. > (Still giving 80x30). Text or VGA mode? I guess you faced the kernel framebuffer. To disable it, use video=vga16:off. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- To UN

Re: Console vga mode

2002-10-02 Thread Robert Epprecht
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 10:18:43PM +0200, Robert Epprecht wrote: >>Sometimes I'd like to have the old 80x25 screens back, how? Eoin Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you are changing the vga line in lilo.conf you need to reinitialise lilo > to make it notice the changes i.e. type "lilo"

Re: Console vga mode

2002-10-02 Thread Eoin Kelly
If you are changing the vga line in lilo.conf you need to reinitialise lilo to make it notice the changes i.e. type "lilo" on cmd line without any arguments. I'm not too sure about grub but I imagine there's a similar procedure. /Eoin/ On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 10:18:43PM +0200, Robert Epprecht wr

Re: Console vga mode

2002-10-01 Thread Robert Epprecht
> Sometimes I'd like to have the old 80x25 screens back, how? "Joyce, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Try vga=ask and then use 'scan' as the option, I think it will try a bunch >> of stuff and give a list, just try each one. >> >> Mine was 4 I think. I do not get any other choices for 8

RE: Console vga mode

2002-10-01 Thread Joyce, Matthew
Try vga=ask and then use 'scan' as the option, I think it will try a bunch of stuff and give a list, just try each one. Mine was 4 I think. Matthew Joyce -Original Message- From: Robert Epprecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2002 7:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Console vga mode

2002-10-01 Thread Jeff
Robert Epprecht, 2002-Oct-01 22:18 +0200: > My Debian woody system boots into a 80x30 console. > Sometimes I'd like to have the old 80x25 screens back, how? > > I have tried booting with vga=normal and vga=ask (and then '0') > but it does not change anything. > > How do I switch to 25x80? > > T