On 2/28/02 1:51 AM, "Gregory Hosler" [EMAIL PROTECTED] pressed
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> Hi all,
> 
> what is the grub equivalent to a lilo "vga=###"
> 
> I've been all thru the grub.conf manpage, and the grub info, and I'm not
> seeing
> anything that smells like an equivalent (the testvbe mode seems similiar, but
> I do not want just to test a video mode, I want the vga mode to be set on
> booting that entry).

Greg and I have followed this up off-list.  I'm posting this to the list for
the benefit of others who may be battling the same thing.

All I can tell you is what worked for me.

In /etc/grub.conf, you need to pass the 'vga' parameter to the kernel.  Like
always, you can use 'ask' so you are asked to select a resolution at
startup.  For example:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/hda2 vga=2

I also needed to edit /etc/sysconfig/i18n to change the 'SYSFONT' line.
Otherwise, your vga change gets obliterated when you get the boot time
message of 'Setting default font'.  I changed mine to "lat0-08".  Works
wonders.

Reboot, and now I have an 80x50 text screen.  I've done this on 3 RH7.2
boxes: A Dell laptop, a dell desktop and a Compaq Desktop.

Thanks to Greg for pointing me to the sysconfig directory.

Hope this works for everyone, and helps at least someone.  Enjoy.
-- 
Ed Marczak
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