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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Any way to get real text console without killing X capability?
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 01:11:53
Message-Id: iiks8o$h8q$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Any way to get real text console without killing X capability? by Walter Dnes
1 On 02/06/2011 01:54 AM, Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 09:31:48PM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote
3 >> On 02/05/2011 08:00 PM, Mick wrote:
4 >>>
5 >>> Just try video=1024x768 (or whatever your desired resolution is)
6 >>> on the kernel line and it should just work.
7 >>
8 >> Unfortunately, it doesn't.
9 >
10 > Actually, it does, "video=640x480" in my case. The weird part is that
11 > the equivalant "VGA=6" option no longer works, which is what got me to
12 > start this thread in the first place. I had simply assumed that they
13 > were identical, and if one doesn't work, neither does the other.
14 >
15 > Note that this is just for text consoles, X remains at 1920x1200 for
16 > me. Of course, the monitor has to support whatever text console
17 > resolution you ask for.
18
19 What graphics card are you using? I can't make it work here using the
20 radeon driver.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Any way to get real text console without killing X capability? Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>