Re: Console problem

[Todd Davis <tdavis@msfw.com>]

Also, take a look at www.xfree86.org and do a search.  There are some
questions there that sound very similar.  They questions are mostly
referencing laptops, but the symptoms are similar.  Most of the answers
have to do with different option settings.  Take a look there and see if
one of the solutions will work for you.

On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 14:58, Todd Davis wrote:
> I was doing some looking and just had another thought.  Which X driver
> are you using?  Could it perhasp be that you're using the fb driver and
> once the framebuffer has set the higher resolution it stays there?  If
> there is another driver that works with your video card you might try
> that.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 14:16, Joe Tosetti wrote:
> > It's not that I need a high resolution, I just want to be able to use to
> > full screen.  Maybe I'm explaining it wrong; the console fits in 4x3
> > inch area in the center of the display.   It's more of an annoyance than
> > an actual problem.  I thought if it was easy to fix I would, if not it's
> > usable.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Todd Davis [mailto:tdavis@msfw.com] 
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 1:41 PM
> > To: luci-discuss@luci.org
> > Subject: Re: Console problem
> > 
> > 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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