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Re: changing console resolution?



On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 12:55:30AM -0800, forrest wrote:
:well, since i've completely failed to get x working beyond a messed up
:640x480 res that flickers and uses really wacky colors on this
:machine...  is there a way to change the console resolution to somthing a
:little higher?
:
:or someone who has a thinpad 365XD w/ an active matrix screen could
:respond, and say that it works perfectly for them... here's how ;)

There's probably some magic number for vga= in /etc/lilo.conf, and (if
my viao is any indication) "ask" probably won't show it as an option...

Your best source of info for this and the X problem is the Linux
Laptop page  http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/

-Jon



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