On Nov 11, 2007 7:46 PM, Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been having trouble finding out the text-mode resolutions of > video cards. Does anyone know of a good compilation of that > information?
Here is a list of modes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions#Linux_video_mode_numbers I think any card that supports VESA probably has to support 1280x1024 and 24 bits (see the table higher up on that page) > Relatedly, are they any good tutorials on switching from using > hardware text-mode for non-X virtual consoles to using ... um ... > whatever the name is of the feature of having textual virtual > consoles generated using hardware graphics mode? Framebuffer? I am not sure I understand what you are asking, but I think you want your VTs to use higher resolutions and be graphics capable e.g. fbi http://packages.debian.org/etch/fbi If that is what you mean, you need to edit your grub menu.lst file and add to the kernel line a reference like vga=791 http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FrameBuffer Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]