Re: Console problem

[Todd Davis <tdavis@msfw.com>]

I believe that it is tied to the video card and monitor.  Personally I
just use the default.  I don't run into any problems with changing
hardware that way.  Maybe the question should be "What are you trying to
do that you need a high resolution in console mode?"


On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 13:09, Joe Tosetti wrote:
> I read the framebuffer howto and added vga=ask to grub.conf.  When it
> asked I used 'scan', the highest available mode is 80x45.  Is this
> limited by the graphics card or is there a way around this?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Davis [mailto:tdavis@msfw.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 12:19 PM
> To: luci-discuss@luci.org
> Subject: Re: Console problem
> 
> If you didn't set the frambuffer video mode on boot, then that is the
> way it normally works.  When you switch to "console mode" it goes back
> to an 80x25 console (same as if you boot up in runlevel 3). 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 11:33, Joe Tosetti wrote:
> > I'm using the graphical login.  It comes up to 1400x1050.  Once I
> login
> > everything is fine, until I hit ctrl-alt-f1 and it switches to a
> > console.  At that point it switches to 640x480 resolution.  When I go
> > back to the gui, ctrl-alt-f7 everything is fine again 1400x1050
> > resolution.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Todd Davis [mailto:tdavis@msfw.com] 
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:46 AM
> > To: luci-discuss@luci.org
> > Subject: Re: Console problem
> > 
> > So you're saying that when you Ctl-Alt-F(1-6) it switches to console
> and
> > when you go back to Ctl-Alt-F7 it is 640x480, or does it stay in the
> GUI
> > and just change to 640x480?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Todd Davis (tdavis@msfw.com)
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE #807101281603181)


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