From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RYRVN-0006Sr-Mh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:06:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1BE4E21C58C; Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:05:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 732BE21C58F for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:02:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B81268045B for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:02:49 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:02:48 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to increase console (text) screen resolution Message-ID: <20111208000248.2021d92c@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <87mxb40wkb.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <877h282h1d.fsf@newsguy.com> <87mxb40wkb.fsf@newsguy.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10cvs103 (GTK+ 2.24.8; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/SXCHJpyPdDo6RsZ9r_JeQFI"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 79c3553c-d625-4a0f-ae0f-2ed09a143c52 X-Archives-Hash: 864b946d27253e80ed84efc3939b0da3 --Sig_/SXCHJpyPdDo6RsZ9r_JeQFI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:52:04 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > No, it doesn't appear at all in rc-update output. What I actually see > happen as boot starts is the vbox window expands quickly to about 3-4 > times its original size, then after only a moment it drops back to its > original size. Like a resolution is tried and dropped. That sounds like KMS kicking in and reducing the resolution to what it thinks your hardware can handle. There is a kernel option to enable it, I can't remember the exact syntax but Google can. --=20 Neil Bothwick Don't let your mind wander, it's too little to be let out alone. --Sig_/SXCHJpyPdDo6RsZ9r_JeQFI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk7f/qgACgkQum4al0N1GQNL/ACgurTVa8WOoSQ9aTVOHX7ycpKb rBIAn3KLlynG5RU8/o3o+E4SwW00JPJq =ufwa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/SXCHJpyPdDo6RsZ9r_JeQFI--