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Old 08-18-2007, 02:46 PM   #1
ginger.fish0
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Boot resolution problem on dell inspiron 6000


hello,

i am have a bit of a problem with my resolution only while booting up but once i get into my desktop it is fine. the boot process and the login screen the resolution is so low that i can not read it. i am new to this so any help is much appreciated

thank you

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Old 08-19-2007, 09:37 AM   #2
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Add the vga=XXX option to the kernel line, example below;

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.3 ro root=LABEL=/ vga=790 quiet

Table of additional/other possible values;

Code:
Colors | 640x480  800x600  1024x768 1280x1024
-------+-------------------------------------
256    |   769      771      773      775
32k    |   784      787      790      793
64k    |   785      788      791      794
16M    |   786      789      792      795
 
Old 08-19-2007, 03:20 PM   #3
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