Mark Grieveson(dg135@torfree.net) is reported to have said:
> Mark Grieveson wrote:
> >>
> >>If you put vga=0x305 in your grub/lilo setup you can get 1024x768 in
> >>kernel-inage-2.6.8.
> >>ie: in Grub
> >>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8y root=/dev/hda1 vga=0x305 ro
> >>
> >> :-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-)
> >>Wayne
> >Hi Wayne. Thanks for your feedback. I'll try that. I'm using Etch;
> >so, I think the image is now 2.6.17.
> >Mark
> >
> I tried this, but it did not work. It changed the initial text that is
> displayed as Linux is loading,
Which is what I thought you had asked about in the initial query and
thats what it is supposed to do. Give you a full screen display
'on the console'
>
> but the xserver of Etch overrode this
> setting, and returned the display to 800x640, with this displayed as a
> smaller space within the entire screen (not using the full screen).
Because you must not have the below in your XF86Congig-4/xorg.conf.
I also posted the information for X but you never responded. Here it
is again.
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 31.5-57.0
VertRefresh 50-90
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Trident Microsystems Cyber 9397"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
WT