On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Jack Lauman <jlauman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I have a Compaq Presario 2500 (Model No: 2525US) >> >> When booting into run level 3 (command line) on Fedora 9 the video occupies >> less than 2/3 of the total screen. Using startx to launch xwindows works >> fine and uses the full screen. >> >> Is there a way to control the screen size in run level 3? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jack > > Default runlevel 3 console screen is 80x25 characters. If you have > lines of text 132 characters wide then you are at the maximum > supported, 132x40 characters. > > Here is a table of values courtesy of LinuxQuestions.org, > http://www.linuxquestions.org/blog/archtoad6-147095/2007/12/29/vga-resolution-codes-for-grub-and-lilo-830/ > > VGA Resolution Codes for GRUB & Lilo > --- Depth -- > Colors bits 640x480 800×600 1024×768 1152×864 1280×1024 1600×1200 > 256 8 vga=769 vga=771 vga=773 vga=353 vga=775 vga=796 > 32000 ? vga=784 vga=787 vga=790 vga= ? vga=793 vga= ? > 65000 16 vga=785 vga=788 vga=791 vga=355 vga=794 vga=798 > 16.7M 24 vga=786 vga=789 vga=792 vga=795 vga=799 > > Try appending one of the settings ("vga=value") to kernel line in grub > to optimize viewing the screen. > In case decimal does not work the following hexadecimal values are courtesy of OpenSUSE, http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Setting_up_Unsupported_Graphics_Cards_with_the_Framebuffer_Device_(GRUB) : Mode 0x0300: 640x400 (+640), 8 bits Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+800), 8 bits Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits Mode 0x0307: 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bits Mode 0x030e: 320x200 (+640), 16 bits Mode 0x030f: 320x200 (+1280), 24 bits Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits Mode 0x031a: 1280x1024 (+2560), 16 bits Mode 0x0330: 320x200 (+320), 8 bits Mode 0x0331: 320x400 (+320), 8 bits Mode 0x0332: 320x400 (+640), 16 bits Mode 0x0333: 320x400 (+1280), 24 bits Mode 0x0334: 320x240 (+320), 8 bits Mode 0x0335: 320x240 (+640), 16 bits Mode 0x0336: 320x240 (+1280), 24 bits Mode 0x033d: 640x400 (+1280), 16 bits Mode 0x033e: 640x400 (+2560), 24 bits Mode 0x0345: 1600x1200 (+1600), 8 bits Mode 0x0346: 1600x1200 (+3200), 16 bits -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
