TITLE : Console frambuffer modes OS LEVEL : Linux (any version) DATE : 27/11/2003 VERSION : 1.0 AUTHOR : Hubertus A. Haniel (hubba@unixcook.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have the framebuffer device available in your kernel you may switch your text console in to a higher resolution using the vga=XXX boot command line to the kernel where XXX is one of the values in the following table: | 640x400 | 640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1152x864 | 1280x1024 | 1600x1200 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4bpp| | | 0x302 | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8bpp| 0x300 | 0x301 | 0x303 | 0x305 | 0x161 | 0x307 | 0x31C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15bpp| | 0x310 | 0x313 | 0x316 | 0x162 | 0x319 | 0x31D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16bpp| | 0x311 | 0x314 | 0x317 | 0x163 | 0x31A | 0x31E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24bpp| | 0x312 | 0x315 | 0x318 | | 0x31B | 0x31F -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32bpp| | | | | 0x164 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On older systems the following values may also be found: | 640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x1024 ----------------------------------------------------- 8 bpp | 769 | 771 | 773 | 775 ----------------------------------------------------- 16 bpp | 785 | 788 | 791 | 794 ----------------------------------------------------- 32 bpp | 786 | 789 | 792 | 795