[syslinux] High Resolution Console

[Face]

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 04:26, Face <falazemi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> How can i get High Resolution Console? I try
>> UI vesamenu.c32
>> LABEL AlDimnaOS
>>        KERNEL /vmlinux-2.6.34-AlDimnaOS-0.0.0.1
>>        APPEND rw root=/dev/sdb1 ro quiet vga=773
>>
>>
>> in grub, resolution is passes from grub to the Console. and i am
>> thinking the same with extlinux ?
>
> For linux or vesamenu.c32?  vesamenu.c32 has a default and can be
> adjusted with 'MENU RESOLUTION height width' (see doc/menu.txt).
>
> For linux, I see you're passing 'vga=773', which will attempt VESA
> mode 0x105 (261 + 512), 1024x768 at 8bit color.  Pay attention to the
> output the kernel gives you just after decompression as it may tell
> you the mode is unsupported.  I have 3 machines (all over 7 years old)
> that don't work well with the linux VESA driver but work well with the
> Windows XP driver.
>
> --
> -Gene
>
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Well, i just find out that to get High Resolution Console I need to
recompile the kernel with the right Console Drivers.

thx for the  help

-- 
Sincerely,