[K]ubuntu

[Jerry Feldman]

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:54:08 -0500
Matthew Gillen <me at mattgillen.net> wrote:

> Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > I just downloaded and burned some copies oth both Ubuntu and Kubuntu
> > for my students. It detected a low res screen, so I personally like
> > Knoppix a bit better. (Again, this is the standalone CD not the
> > installed version).
> 
> When I switched to LCD panels, linux started using really low-res modes
> for console mode.  Eventually it irritated me enough to figure out how
> to force it.  This kernel command line option in the bootloader will
> force the screen resolution in console mode to 1024x768:
>  vga=0x317
> 
> For other modes:
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.3
> 
> Of course, that's probably really painful for you (if you're booting off
> the CD you'd have to type it in every time).
> --Matt
> 
Thanks. I have that on my SuSE installs, but I pass out bootable Linux
systems in class to my students. But, that command line can also be
typed when booting. I was just testing to made sure that the CDs I
made were good.

-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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