Re: [gentoo-user] Heads up: Video mode and booting with KVM switch

2015-11-14 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 02:56:09PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote > Thanks for the ideas. "video=VGA-1:1920x1080@60" (as indicated by > xrandr) didn't work well. The text console showed 2 copies of the > screen side-by each. Imagine working with the "screen" or "tmux" > program, or the vim ":vsplit"

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads up: Video mode and booting with KVM switch

2015-11-14 Thread Walter Dnes
Thanks for the ideas. "video=VGA-1:1920x1080@60" (as indicated by xrandr) didn't work well. The text console showed 2 copies of the screen side-by each. Imagine working with the "screen" or "tmux" program, or the vim ":vsplit" command. And it was offset 3/4 inch down and to the right. X Wind

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads up: Video mode and booting with KVM switch

2015-11-14 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 13 Nov 2015 15:54:02 Walter Dnes wrote: > I have 3 machines kicking around. One is a Dell Inspiron 530 from > June 2008 that simply refuses to die. The others are more recent. > On my desk (actually a re-purposed kitchen table) I only have room for 1 > 24 inch monitor, 1 big Unicomp "

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads up: Video mode and booting with KVM switch

2015-11-14 Thread Matti Nykyri
On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 03:54:02PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > I have 3 machines kicking around. One is a Dell Inspiron 530 from > June 2008 that simply refuses to die. The others are more recent. > On my desk (actually a re-purposed kitchen table) I only have room for 1 > 24 inch monitor, 1 bi

[gentoo-user] Heads up: Video mode and booting with KVM switch

2015-11-13 Thread Walter Dnes
I have 3 machines kicking around. One is a Dell Inspiron 530 from June 2008 that simply refuses to die. The others are more recent. On my desk (actually a re-purposed kitchen table) I only have room for 1 24 inch monitor, 1 big Unicomp "IBM-like clickety-clack" USB keyboard http://www.pckeyboar