Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Tuesday 03 April 2007 06:24, Freddie Cash wrote:
> 1024x768 is a pretty standard VESA mode used on a lot of people's text
> consoles.  :)  On most videocards, MODE_279 will be 1024x768 w/16 bpp
> colour.  Check the output of "vidcontrol -i".  You'll see a lot of
> different modes, some text, some raster/bitmap/VESA/whatever-you-call-it.
>
> This has nothing to do with X or any GUI.

I don't understand why people who want high resolution consoles don't run X.

It is a *lot* faster for the vast majority of cards (ie ones which aren't 
doing VESA modes).

Scrolling a screen full of text at a decent resolution using VESA == 
slideshow.

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