[Wylug-help] Increasing the console resolution.

[Jim Jackson]

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Chris Myers wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Im running an Ubuntu server as a NAS (& various other things).
>
> The server has no gui, no X. It only has a shell prompt.
>
> How do I force a higher screen resolution for the shell so that I can
> get more text on screen?

install console-tools

then google something like

      change vt fonts using console-tools linux

or similar.

alternatively, ssh into the server from your desktop and resize your xterm
or similar to whatever size you want :-) You also gain a better scrollback
function for checking back thru' stuff or use script to keep a log of
your session for future reference, and while we're at it check out screen
for having a persistent session you can check in and out of at will,
and... but I digress :-)

cheers
Jim

> > I have tried modifying /boot/grub/menu.list
>
> I added vga=791 to the kernel I am using. Like so:
>
>
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=d76bca45-bcd9-415a-9e4
> 4-b7f8faae9709 ro vga=791 quiet splash
>
> I have tried various options of VGA=xxx including:
>
> 794
> 775
> 771
> 0x31A
>
> All of these produce the same results:
>
> "You passed an undefined mode number. Press RETURN to see video modes
> available"
>
> I did some more research.
>
> I tried vesa=791 option on a desktop version of Ubuntu & it worked fine.
>
> This leads me to think that my Feisty server has a component missing
> that would allow me to change the resolution.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
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