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On Monday 17 Jul 2017 18:27:04 Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> R0b0t1 <r030t1@×××××.com> writes: |
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> > On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> I'm starting a new vbox install of gentoo using the minimal ISO from |
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> >> 07/13 |
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> >> When it gets to the kernel setup... I cannot figure out what to set |
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> >> to make my console terminal high resolution. Something along the line |
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> >> of 1600x1200. |
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> >> I understand this can all be done in the kernel now. But cannot |
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> >> really get a good fix googling on what is needed there. |
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> > I was unable to figure this out either - can you comment on whether or |
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> > not Mick's suggestions work for you? The documentation I followed |
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> > about a year ago didn't seem to work. |
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> I used to use old grub, of course, and used this on the kernel line: |
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> (from 2010) |
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> title 2.6.32-r1 |
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> root (hd0,0) |
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> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 vga=0x31b video=vesfb:mtrr:3,ywrap |
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> > I assume your goal is to have VTs that look like they do on Ubuntu, etc? |
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> Don't know dupe about Ubuntu... |
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> My goal is a nice big fat high resolution console mode. |
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> Something on the order of 1600x1200 |
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> Didn't dig into kernel docs just now... but long long ago using old |
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> grub I dug up the chart Mick mentions .. It might have changed by now |
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> but probably not. |
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> I kept it in comments on /boot/grub.conf down thru many installs |
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> and several different OS's. Here is one from 2010 gentoo (On the same |
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> grub.conf as the title, root and kernel line above) |
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> ## 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 |
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> ## 256 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307 |
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> ## 32k 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319 |
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> ## 64k 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A |
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> ## 16M 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B |
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> So, I can probably figure out where to put stuff like that using Grub2 |
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> but what I wanted to know about is using the Kernel modes KVM alone. |
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> Hence the subject line about what to set `in kernel'. |
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Try adding this at the end of your kernel line options in GRUB: |
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video=1600x1200 |
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If you are lucky your video card driver will cooperate.[1] If not you may |
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need to either add the refresh frequency, e.g. video=1600x1200@60Hz, or if |
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your video drivers won't cooperate you'll have to add 'nomodeset' to disable |
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KMS and specify your vga resolution of choice. |
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I tried this on with radeon card and it works. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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