[Techtalk] configure deb's vga16fb framebuffer

[Dave North]

Hamster:
> I'd like to change the resolution the framebuffer operates at.
> According to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt I need to do this via lilo
> using the option append="video= "
>
> However I cant find anywhere what the arguments to this video= line
> should be!

I used this chart:
http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.3
   ...and found the entire howto pretty useful.
It's not a bad idea to read up on fbset a little bit.


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