Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Boot time font size question
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:30:56
Message-Id: 5bdc1c8b0609221328t70e6dfc8q3c340a25aee72d7b@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Boot time font size question by Christoph Mende
1 Thanks Christoph. I'll go check that out.
2
3 Does the vesafb have any impact on my current X environment or is is
4 it something that only effects the main console?
5
6 Thanks,
7 Mark
8
9 On 9/22/06, Christoph Mende <ch.mende@××××××××××.com> wrote:
10 > You can change the resultion used on boot time with a framebuffer, using
11 > vesafb in kernel and video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr:2 vga=792 (792 = 1024x768) as
12 > grub options works for me.
13 >
14 > 2006/9/22, Mark Knecht < markknecht@×××××.com>:
15 > >
16 > > Hi,
17 > > Where do I learn about changing the size of the font used at boot
18 > > time so that I can see more lines while booting, and more lines when a
19 > > kernel crash occurs?
20 > >
21 > > Thanks,
22 > > Mark
23 > > --
24 > > gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list
25 > >
26 > >
27 >
28 >
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Boot time font size question Christoph Mende <ch.mende@××××××××××.com>