boot up text size

shrndegruv · 05-08-2004, 05:13 PM

hi all

does anyone know how to change the size of the text that scrolls by as linux as booting up and all the services are being started?

I am using grub (RH9 on Inspiron 8200) and my max screen resolution is 1400x1050.

Thanx in advance.

Muzzy · 05-08-2004, 06:01 PM

If you are using a framebuffer console, you can add vga=xxx to your grub parameters, where xxx is a 3 digit number from the following table.

Code:

                           Resolution in pixels

Color depth      |   640x480      800x600      1024x768      1280x1024
256        (8bit)|     769          771           773           775
32000     (15bit)|     784          787           790           793
65000     (16bit)|     785          788           791           794
16.7 Mill.(24bit)|     786          789           792           795

An extract form my grub file, as an example, of course you should change the values to match your system:

Code:

title=Linux 2.4.26
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-2.4.26-8 root=/dev/hda3 vga=791 acpi=on