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 Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 3:40 pm Post subject: resolution of the console |
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How can i make my screen resolution bigger?
i have recently installed gentoo so the resolution is 600x480@60.. i have configured the kernel to be 1280x1024@85 but i am still in front of the small screen. I am about to install KDE so hopefully i wont get any errors.
regards.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: X windows size |
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| _mikec_ wrote: | How can i make my screen resolution bigger?
i have recently installed gentoo so the resolution is 600x480@60.. i have configured the kernel to be 1280x1024@85 but i am still in front of the small screen.
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Are you talking about When the system is booting or when using xorg ?
1) The kernel Config is for the console, that when you boot, and you need to set the resolution in your grub.conf with the vga option as well as the settings in there kernel
2) For X window you need to set up your /etc/xorg.conf or /etc/X86Config (I think thats what it was called I forget now) doesn't really have anything todo with the kernel. depending on which X server you use (xorg or Xfree) you will need to run the setup programs and there is documentaion on how todo that here for xorg
if you are using xfree try typeing xf86config
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i am not using xf86config nor xorg, i am using lilo as the boot loader. I haven't compiled any X related packages yet. i try to find grub.conf xorg.conf and xf86config on the system just to make sure without sucess..
i have vga=795 in my lilo.conf though.
i guess i fixed the problem, i just had to remove the image=kernel<version> settings and replace it with image=bzImage
and run /sbin/lilo
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| _mikec_ wrote: | i am not using xf86config nor xorg, i am using lilo as the boot loader. I haven't compiled any X related packages yet. i try to find grub.conf xorg.conf and xf86config on the system just to make sure without sucess..
i have vga=795 in my lilo.conf though.
i guess i fixed the problem, i just had to remove the image=kernel<version> settings and replace it with image=bzImage
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Fair enough but this has nothing todo with X window. (the title of this thread) what you are talking about is the resolution of the console.
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i had to reopen this issue:
I got this at boot:
You passed an undefined number for VESA VGA
then i had to choose from a number on 1 to 5?
here's my lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hda
prompt
timeout=50
default=Gentoo
image=/boot/bzImage
label=Gentoo
read-only
root=/dev/hda3
vga=792
the reason why i am getting is because vga=<number> setting? i was using pretend="vga=792" before, not working.
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er do you mean append="vga=792" ? (try that instead)
you could try smaller resolutions and work your way up.
If none of that works i would susspect u have missed something when configuing your kernel.
(I use grub so don't know too much about lilo config)
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i try the option append="vga=792" but when i run /sbin/lilo it says there something wrong with lilo.conf so i wrote vga=792 along and did /sbin/lilo and got no error, i guess i was suppose to do that.
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This first part is copied from the ( man lilo.conf ) Yours could look something like this.
# lilo.conf
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# global options:
boot=/dev/hda
prompt
timeout=150
lba32
compact
vga=normal
root=/dev/hda1
read-only
This second part is some of an old lilo.conf that I have. I now use Grub for a loader. This worked for me. Hope that it helps you.
# lilo.conf
# Start LILO global section
boot=/dev/hda
install=/boot/boot-menu.b
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
default=2.6Gentoo
lba32
prompt
delay=50
timeout=300
menu-scheme=wr:bw:wr:Yr
#My New Gentoo system
image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.4-gentoo-r1
root=/dev/hda4
label=2.6Gentoo
append=" gentoo=nodevfs hdc=ide-cd ide0=ata66 ide1=ata66"
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ok cool, i'll check the options out over at http://www.rt.com/man/lilo.5.html
this is my BINARY post  (101)
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