Robert Epprecht, 2002-Oct-01 22:18 +0200: > My Debian woody system boots into a 80x30 console. > Sometimes I'd like to have the old 80x25 screens back, how? > > I have tried booting with vga=normal and vga=ask (and then '0') > but it does not change anything. > > How do I switch to 25x80? > > Thanks a lot, Robert.
At boot, try entering this at the boot prompt: video=vga:off or video=vesa:off This should disable the framebuffer driver altogether and put you at the standard textmode 80x25 display. jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
