[Gllug] Console resolution problem

[Wolfgang Draskovic]

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On Tuesday 29 October 2002 16:26, you wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
>  I have made the move to X 4.2, where I am using the vesa driver,
>  the trident driver for the CyberMedia 9382 just doesn't work.
>
>  The problem is that when I change to the console with Alt Fn the
>  resolution is still 800x600 resulting in part of the output
>  being hidden. Which is highly annoying. This also happens when
>  I quit X.
>
>  I can get back by typing:
>
>  consolechars -f /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/lat0-08.psf.gz
>  consolechars -f /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/lat0-10.psf.gz
>  consolechars -f /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/lat0-08.psf.gz
>
>  The three of them are needed, two won't solve it.
>
>  Any ideas,
>
>             thanks in advance.

Hi

have a look for vga_rset or something similar (I can't remember the exact 
name - I used this on an old SuSE years ago).

Greetings Wolfgang

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