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VGA Resolution Codes for GRUB & Lilo
By archtoad6 at 2007-12-29 10:53
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...e-font-609125/ raises the issue of how do I set, at boot, the resolution of my consoles (tty's); not just during boot, but for afterwards too.

This got me thinking about a chart of the "vga=" codes that are available.

Googling:
"VGA Resolution" Chart
got these 2 useful answers:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/05...en-resolution/
http://justlinux.com/forum/showpost....83&postcount=5

Here is my composite of these charts:
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Closing duplicate posts
By archtoad6 at 2007-12-25 13:06
1st, thank you to Jeremy & all the Mods, they make this an orderly & productive place to hang out.

Background note: My main way of interacting w/ LQ is through my subscription to the daily "0-reply threads" e-mail. Therefore, my problems arise when I click on an entry in that e-mail & find a closed thread which has no references to its continuation, or, worse, gives the "Invalid Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator" error msg.

While anyone who makes duplicate post in clear violation of the rules may be, in your private opinion, a/an/uno:
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The Coolest Things I Have Done in Linux
By archtoad6 at 2007-08-11 18:59
One of the greatest, potentially-too-long-&-boring-but-it-isn't, threads is here. I have spent several hours over the last 2 days reading it all & taking notes. I wound up w/ more items than I thought proper to put in the thread. So I chose 3 & posted them.

In addition to:
  • bash indirect variables
  • "Moving to Linux" class
  • "Linux for Cowards" (tm) presentation

Here are some that I didn't post:
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Pastebins
By archtoad6 at 2007-06-19 08:29
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastebin

"A pastebin, also known as a nopaste, is a web application which allows its users to upload snippets of text, usually samples of source code, for public viewing. It is very popular in IRC channels where pasting large texts is considered bad etiquette."

Mostly, I am writing this to remind myself of the name of these things, I just spent most of an hour reading my old posts looking for a place where I had referred to them.
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