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Re: Console vga mode



Robert Epprecht, 2002-Oct-01 22:18 +0200:
> My Debian woody system boots into a 80x30 console.
> Sometimes I'd like to have the old 80x25 screens back, how?
> 
> I have tried booting with vga=normal and vga=ask (and then '0')
> but it does not change anything.
> 
> How do I switch to 25x80?
> 
> Thanks a lot, Robert.

At boot, try entering this at the boot prompt:

video=vga:off

or 

video=vesa:off

This should disable the framebuffer driver altogether and put you at
the standard textmode 80x25 display.

jc 


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Jeff Coppock		Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian		Admin and User



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