VGA Resolution Codes for GRUB & Lilo

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VGA Resolution Codes for GRUB & Lilo

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By archtoad6 at 2007-12-29 10:53

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/smaller-console-... 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/2007/05/24/vga-boot-modes-to-set-screen-res...
http://justlinux.com/forum/showpost.php?s=b7d0935a4170bb91f7adf4410f2633...

Here is my composite of these charts:

Code:

  VGA Resolution Codes for GRUB & Lilo
--- Depth --
Colors  bits  640x480  800×600  1024×768  1152×864  1280×1024  1600×1200
   256    8   vga=769  vga=771   vga=773   vga=353   vga=775    vga=796
 32000    ?   vga=784  vga=787   vga=790   vga= ?    vga=793    vga= ? 
 65000   16   vga=785  vga=788   vga=791   vga=355   vga=794    vga=798
 16.7M   24   vga=786  vga=789   vga=792   vga=795   vga=799

If anyone has a link to a more complete or more authoritative list, please post it.

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