On 18 Feb 2004 20:17:47 -0800
mazur@raincode.net (Robert Mazur) wrote:
> But how can I tell the system to display the startup messages in
> 1280x1024 (the resolution my LCD wants)? To set it up from boot, you need to specify "vga=something", where the
'something' is a VESA mode number, 'ask', 'extended', 'normal', etc.
So, for example, if you want 800x600 at 16bit you would use:
In lilo.conf add 'vga=794' (no quotes) to the boot line;
in grub.conf or menu.lst, add it to the default boot line:
kernel /vmlinuz-someversion# ro root=LABEL=/ vga=794
See the tables below for resolutions and color depths.
In decimal numbers:
| 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
----+--------------------------------------
256 | 769 771 773 775
32k | 784 787 790 793
64k | 785 788 791 794
16M | 786 789 792 795
And in hex numbers:
| 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
----+-------------------------------------
256 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307
32k | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319
64k | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A
16M | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
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Kevin Nathan (Montana, USA)
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