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Old 05-04-2011, 06:16 AM   #1
Ace Blackwell
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Default Font size


I am running Slackware 13.37. During the set up I must have choosen a low resolution screen / font mode. Now when I boot up, after the Linux ........ section the fonts look like I'm in something just this side of 320x200 LOL. It's not a big deal really but occasionally I need to see what is running by and I can't see the longer lines.

In short, is there any way to change this resolution mode after the fact?

Thanks
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Old 05-04-2011, 06:22 AM   #2
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If i understand your question correctly...

you will want to take a look inside your /etc/lilo.conf file look for this entry

# Normal VGA console
vga = 791


The 791 represents a setting as described further down the file change this value to match the size you want then run.

#lilo -v
 
Old 05-04-2011, 02:38 PM   #3
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correct,

791 should give you a framebuffer of 1024x768x32k, however some video cards support even higher framebuffer resolutions. You can check the available modes for you video card with a program called hwinfo. You can get it at www.slackbuilds.org. run it like this

hwinfo --vbe

and it should give you a list of available modes. For instance my cards results are

02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer
[Created at bios.459]
Unique ID: rdCR.BfO5bYYtG87
Hardware Class: framebuffer
Model: "NVIDIA GF104 Board - 10410001"
Vendor: "NVIDIA Corporation"
Device: "GF104 Board - 10410001"
SubVendor: "NVIDIA"
SubDevice:
Revision: "Chip Rev"
Memory Size: 14 MB
Memory Range: 0xd5000000-0xd5dfffff (rw)
Mode 0x0300: 640x400 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+800), 8 bits
Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits
Mode 0x0307: 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bits
Mode 0x030e: 320x200 (+640), 16 bits
Mode 0x030f: 320x200 (+1280), 24 bits
Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits
Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits
Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits
Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits
Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits
Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits
Mode 0x031a: 1280x1024 (+2560), 16 bits
Mode 0x031b: 1280x1024 (+5120), 24 bits
Mode 0x0330: 320x200 (+320), 8 bits
Mode 0x0331: 320x400 (+320), 8 bits
Mode 0x0332: 320x400 (+640), 16 bits
Mode 0x0333: 320x400 (+1280), 24 bits
Mode 0x0334: 320x240 (+320), 8 bits
Mode 0x0335: 320x240 (+640), 16 bits
Mode 0x0336: 320x240 (+1280), 24 bits
Mode 0x033d: 640x400 (+1280), 16 bits
Mode 0x033e: 640x400 (+2560), 24 bits
Mode 0x0345: 1600x1200 (+1600), 8 bits
Mode 0x0346: 1600x1200 (+3200), 16 bits
Mode 0x034a: 1600x1200 (+6400), 24 bits
Mode 0x0360: 1280x800 (+1280), 8 bits
Mode 0x0361: 1280x800 (+5120), 24 bits

so if I wanted to use 1600x1200x24k I would edit my lilo.conf and replace 791 with
vga = 0x034a
 
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Old 05-04-2011, 03:14 PM   #4
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I was looking on Google for vga codes, got tired and came to the forum. Look what I found! hwinfo was what I needed. I reckon I also need to read up on hwinfo to see what else it can do.
 
Old 05-05-2011, 07:28 PM   #5
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Hey thanks guys. That worked. I didn't think so at first but reread where I needed to use the lilo -v command.

Thanks Again.
Ace
 
  


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