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Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> writes: |
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> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 3:44 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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> See if you have /etc/init.d/consolefont running at startup, it may be |
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> changing your font from the one you see initially. |
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No, it doesn't appear at all in rc-update output. What I actually see |
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happen as boot starts is the vbox window expands quickly to about 3-4 |
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times its original size, then after only a moment it drops back to its |
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original size. Like a resolution is tried and dropped. |
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