Re: [Sheflug] screen settings

[somecoolpc <somecoolpc [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:56:27 -0000, Chris Johnson <chris [at] seseaz.org.uk> wrote:
> I have a nice big screen but my text is stuck at 80 x40 characters or
> whatever the default is and I can't find where to change it.  I'm pretty
> sure I had the option on boot on a live CD and it was a parameter passed on
> starting Linux but I can't remember which live CD it was.  Can anyone tell
> me which file I should be changing to get smaller fonts and more text on my
> default level three screen (i.e. this is not an x windows issue).

for 1024x768x32bit pass the kernel command vga=792

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