Re: [gentoo-user] Why can't I set the resolution of console ?

[du yang]

On Thursday 10/20/11 14:05:20 CST, Lavender wrote:
> I edit the command line of grub at boot time .
> I passed some parametres to kernel like below:
>
> root=/dev/sda6 video=atyfb:1024x768@60m
>
> and I also tried another one:
>
> root=/dev/sda6 video=aty128fb:1024x768@60m
>
> Both of them didn't show any error messages and the system
> can start up, but the resolution still no changed.
>
> There is an issue happened in my buiding kernel : I hadn't found
> the driver for my video card. I'm not sure whether it has anything
> to do with this issue?
>
> BTW, my video card information is below:
>
> ATI Technologies Inc M92 LP  (ATI Radeon 4330 series)

you could try the parameter vga.
I am using vga=795 which is for resolution 1280x1024.

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