I have the following line in my lilo.conf: vga=832 This gives me a scren of 64 rows and 160 columns. My sighted friends tend to hate it! <grin> I understand doing it this way is specific to the video chip, though. I found this value somewhere online when I got my Thinkpad, plugged it in and it worked, so haven't worried about how one would actually calculate it. Steve Holmes writes: > From: Steve Holmes <steve at holmesgrown.com> > > Hey, I want to take advantage of the higher resolution possible with > the kernel. But I can't seem to get it to work. The relivant compile > options for the kernel are: > # Console drivers > # > CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y > # CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set > > # > # Frame-buffer support > # > # CONFIG_FB is not set > > And my lilo.conf includes the following options: > # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k > vga=790 > > I then boot like I normally do by just hitting enter at the lilo > prompt for my default kernel. Do I need to do anything else? Do I > have to do any terminal configs or settings? I thought the frame > buffer option above had to do with graphics only. > > Any other ideas out there? > -- > Make sure your E-mail can be read by everyone! > http://www.betips.net/etc/evilmail.html > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
