[plug] Text-mode screen resolution

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>On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 09:19:36 -0700 Jim Householder
>wrote:
>>I can set the text resolution on my 19" screen to 132x60.  It lasts
>>until X starts, at which time it reverts to 80x25.  Xandros 2
>(debian) is installed.  
>>
>>Can anyone tell me where the resolution is reset?  I found it once
>>with RH 7.? but cannot find where (if) I recorded the location for
>>posterity.   I use text-mode from time to time and find 80x25 rather
>>restrictive...
>>
>
>Try setting vga=extended in your lilo.conf and rerunning lilo. This
>will
>give you something better than 80x25. Though I don't know if it will
>be as good as what you are after.
>
I currently have vga=0x30c in lilo.conf, which on a good day yields
132x60.  I was getting the entire boot sequence at 60 lines with
xandros.  But then xandros was resetting it just before starting X so
subsequent use of text consoles was back to 80x25.

Even worse now, debian (woody) is resetting it to 30 lines and
displaying its cute little penguin at the top before booting.  Sorry,
but lilo is not the answer.

Regards,
Jim