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Re: [SLE] lilo.conf and vga/vesa screen resolution
- From: Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:05:32 +0200
- Message-id: <200506011905.32269.andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Wednesday 01 June 2005 19:01, James D. Parra wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can someone point me to the "vga=???" numerical specs for changing the
> > screen resolution in lilo.conf.
> >
> >/usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt
> >
> > | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
> >
> >----+-------------------------------------
> >256 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307
> >32k | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319
> >64k | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A
> >16M | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
>
> Thank you, Anders.
>
> I noticed "vga=794" works with some monitors, but what is "794" referring
> to?
794 is a decimal value, in the table above you have hexadecimal values, you
can use either. 794 decimal is 0x31A hex, so it means 1280x1024 at 64k
colours
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can someone point me to the "vga=???" numerical specs for changing the
> > screen resolution in lilo.conf.
> >
> >/usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt
> >
> > | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
> >
> >----+-------------------------------------
> >256 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307
> >32k | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319
> >64k | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A
> >16M | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
>
> Thank you, Anders.
>
> I noticed "vga=794" works with some monitors, but what is "794" referring
> to?
794 is a decimal value, in the table above you have hexadecimal values, you
can use either. 794 decimal is 0x31A hex, so it means 1280x1024 at 64k
colours
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