How do you get small fonts like when booting livecd?

TheWhiteKnight

Basically I am asking how do you get the text during boot time to showup small like when you boot the live cd? I kinda like that and I can fit more info on the screen for debugging purposes. As of right now, my current configurtion gives me the std. 80x25 display (shich I am not complaining... kinda) but the smaller text is kinda cool and better for debugging. I would like to get this if possible. Thank you for any insight to this anyone can give me.

- Josh
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RazielFMX · l33t Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 835 Location: NY, USA

If you really care about this, try emerging showconsole, which will save your boot output to a file. Otherwise, compile VESA FB support into your kernel and set a vga option in your grub.conf in your boot string.

Exemple

kernel /boot/2.6.16-gentoo-r12 root=/dev/sda3 vga=(some hex string).

Check the handbook for the possible values. Setting this made fglrx angry, so I stopped using it.
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jmbsvicetto · Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:23 am Post subject:

Hi.

You want to enable the support for the framebuffer in the kernel. You should use vesafb if you run x86_64 and vesafb-tng if you run x86.
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tane_stelzer · Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:28 am Post subject:

Hi there jmbsvicetto is right you want the bootpslash here is a HOWTO and follow it but instead of doing a boot parameter set your resolution in the kernel if you are setting up the kernel i am sure you won't miss it. Then you dont have to set anything in the grub.conf. Just need to recompile your kernel if you want to change resolution.
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TheWhiteKnight · Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:09 pm Post subject:

I already have the frame buffer support and the vesafb-tng enables in my kernel due to my nvidia card. So it seems to me from wat I have read and what you all said I can do that 2 ways.

1 - Change the resolution from inside of my kernel (which will have me recompile)

OR

1 - Go into my grub.conf and set the vga=0xYYY optoin there

Right?

- Josh
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tane_stelzer · Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:25 pm Post subject:

Well i prefer the kernel way cos it works for sure... i had problems with the grub.conf
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jmbsvicetto · Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 2:53 pm Post subject: