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Re: [edlug] SuSE 9.1 LiveCD




--- james rosgen-eaton <james@xxx.xxx.xxx> wrote:
> 'knoppix
> screen=1024x768' (as long as it's a common screen
> resolution; it doesn't
> like 1680x1050 on my laptop, but will use 1280x800,
> since I have an odd
> screen aspect)

Just for completeness, I tend to use the vga kernel
parameters, e.g. vga=791 is the one that works for me,
1024x786 and 16 bit colours.

Regards,

Samsara

PS:

The vga modes are:
hex:
    | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
----+-------------------------------------
256 | 0x101   0x103   0x105    0x107
32k | 0x110   0x113   0x116    0x119
64k | 0x111   0x114   0x117    0x11A
16M | 0x112   0x115   0x118    0x11B

dec:
    | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
----+-------------------------------------
256 | 257     259     261      263
32k | 272     275     278      281
64k | 273     276     279      282
16M | 274     277     280      283

VESA:
Colors (depth) 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
1600x1200
---------------+-------+-------+--------+---------+---------
256 ( 8 bit)   | 769    771     773       775      796
32,768 (15 bit)| 784    787     790       793      797
65,536 (16 bit)| 785    788     791       794      798
16.8M (24 bit) | 786    789     792       795      799

http://linuxquestions.org/questions/history/152575


	
		
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