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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