On Tue, 11 Sep 2012, James B. Byrne wrote: > To: centos at centos.org > From: James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca> > Subject: [CentOS] How to? Set boot up display resolution > > I have been given a replacement monitor for my CentOS-6.3 KVM test > platform. It is an LG E2251 22in letterbox format screen whereas the > unit it replaces was a 17" standard format display. The console > messages now look as through they were output on Silly Putty. > > The display itself displays a message to set the resolution to 1920 x > 1080. I have found references to using the vga option in the > grub.conf file. However, I can find no comprehensive list of what > value to use. The references I have found actually say "see the > source code in the Linux kernel tree", which does not strike me as > particularly "user friendly" shall we say. > > How do I do this or am I condemned to rubber band output. This might be what you are looking for James: http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/svga.txt HTH Keith ----------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------