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On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> What is the simplest way to get a higher resolution screen when |
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> booting gentoo into console mode? |
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> I used to have something in /boot/grub/grub.conf that did that but I |
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> have forgotten the full syntax. My best guess is: |
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> [...] vga=0x31a video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap |
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> on kernel line. |
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> With that in place, at bootup the terminal expands to a (quite a lot) |
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> bigger size, but it's only momentary and then right back down to what |
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> is I guess default. |
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> So either I missed something in the kernel or that stanza is outdated |
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> now. |
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> Or maybe, FB doesn't work for vbox guest vm. |
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> (ps I'm not interest in wasting huge amounts of time with the KMS |
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> approach.) |
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VESA framebuffer should work with absolutely everything PC-derived. I don't |
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know the grub configuration details, though. |
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:wq |
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