[Techtalk] console size issue

Nils Philippsen nils at wombat.dialup.fht-esslingen.de
Sat May 4 11:30:37 EST 2002


On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 20:24, Conni wrote:
> On May 1, Akkana conjectured:
> 
> > > Now the other problem: console size issue.  I got a VAIO SR-77, and it's
> > > only doing the console screen at about half size.  X does full screen, but
> > > not console.  it's somewhat irritating, even if I normally use X.
> > 
> > I got the answer for that about a month ago on this very group.  Edit 
> > /etc/lilo.conf, and make another copy of the section for your redhat
> > kernel (probably starting with "image=" and ending with "root=").
> > Give it a different label, label=test, or linuxxga, or something.
> > Then put this line into the new section:
> > 
> > vga=773
> 
> I added this to my grub.conf, and nothing has happened.  It;s still doing
> the mini-screen thing.
> 
> default=0
> timeout=10
> splashimage= (blah)
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10)
> 	root (hd0,0)
> 	kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/hda2
> 	initrd /initrd-2.4.7-10.img
> 
> the 'test' configuration adds the line vga=773 below initrd.

With grub, you have to supply this setting on the kernel command line as
there aren't any special grub options like "root"(*) or "vga" (like
there were LILO options), i.e. something along the lines of:

title blah
	root (hd0,0)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/hda2 vga=773
	initrd /initrd-2.4.7-10.img

should maybe do the trick.

(*): The "root (hd0,0)" line only advises grub that kernel images and
initrds are found relative to the first partition of the first disk. The
linux root partition is configured with "root=/dev/hda2" on the kernel
command line.

Nils
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