default terminal (on startup) too large...

samills70 · 04-04-2005, 08:16 AM

Hi everyone,

I just installed linux 10.1 on my system and it seems that the run level 3 terminal (the one by default on startup I suppse it's called the curses terminal) is running at 1024x768 and I want to run it at 800x600. I have tried changing the lilo.conf under /etc to "vga = normal" but even this does not change the resolution. I know it's something small but I think it will be helpful with my learning process.

Regards
The_hatter

Nobber · 04-04-2005, 08:21 AM

Have you tried setting the "vga=" line in /etc/lilo.conf to "vga=771", then running /sbin/lilo (to reinstall lilo), and rebooting?

acidjuice · 04-04-2005, 08:43 AM

as nobber suggests.

here's a full table of vga values:

Code:

colour 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 Mil.(24bit) |   786      789       792      795

samills70 · 04-04-2005, 08:55 AM

Been reading through the man pages on lilo but obviously didn't read them close enough to notice that you have to *lilo* under sbin to rewrite new file. Now I was also just curious, I can see there is a way to change resolution size but I don't see an option for setting the refresh rate... or is that only done once xfree86 is started up?

Regards
Me

acidjuice · 04-04-2005, 09:03 AM

AFAIK, yes only in X.

Nobber · 04-04-2005, 09:21 AM

If you want finer control over your video settings in a hi-res text console, you could try SVGATextMode. A guide to setting it up can be found here.