> what exactly does adding vga=771 do? i have 792 right now.
When you boot, as you're watching your boot messages scroll by (as well as any time you use F1-F6 to switch into a console) you're in your system console, which usually by default (i.e., if you didn't specify 792) is displayed in huge text (i.e., 80x24) or some such. That can be changed however by providing a different "frame buffer" setting in your kernel boot line. That setting will allow you to specify what you preferred screen dimensions are as well as how many colors your graphics card can handle. So if you specify a more appropriate setting, your console will be much nicer looking and be able to hold more text. (In addition, your boot console will show a nice Arch graphic while you're booting up.) Here are the possible settings. (This is copied from /boot/grub/menu.lst) # FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS # +-------------------------------------------------+ # | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 # ----+-------------------------------------------- # 256 | 0x301=769 0x303=771 0x305=773 0x307=775 # 32K | 0x310=784 0x313=787 0x316=790 0x319=793 # 64K | 0x311=785 0x314=788 0x317=791 0x31A=794 # 16M | 0x312=786 0x315=789 0x318=792 0x31B=795 # +-------------------------------------------------+ I'm sure I'm phrasing this badly, as I'm not too up on the inner workings of frame buffer, but this is the general gist. HTH, DR ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.csfb.com/legal_terms/disclaimer_external_email.shtml ============================================================================== _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
