Higher Resolution

[Janina Sajka]

I have the following line in my lilo.conf:

vga=832

This gives me a scren of 64 rows and 160 columns. My sighted friends
tend to hate it! <grin>

I understand doing it this way is specific to the video chip, though. I
found this value somewhere online when I got my Thinkpad, plugged it in
and it worked, so haven't worried about how one would actually calculate
it.

Steve Holmes writes:
> From: Steve Holmes <steve at holmesgrown.com>
> 
> Hey, I want to take advantage of the higher resolution possible with
> the kernel.  But I can't seem to get it to work.  The relivant compile
> options for the kernel are:
> # Console drivers
> #
> CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
> # CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
> 
> #
> # Frame-buffer support
> #
> # CONFIG_FB is not set
> 
> And my lilo.conf includes the following options:
> # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
> vga=790
> 
> I then boot like I normally do by just hitting enter at the lilo
> prompt for my default kernel.  Do I need to do anything else? Do I
> have to do any terminal configs or settings?  I thought the frame
> buffer option above had to do with graphics only.
> 
> Any other ideas out there?
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175