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Posted: Jan. 29 2006,19:09 QUOTE

I can't change console resolution, i put vga=788 on lilo, upgrade it, but when i reboot it asks me which resolution should i use. How to change it?
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Posted: Jan. 29 2006,19:39 QUOTE

Quote (stormrider_may @ Jan. 29 2006,14:09)
I can't change console resolution, i put vga=788 on lilo, upgrade it, but when i reboot it asks me which resolution should i use. How to change it?

What type of install?:
Traditional Debian Hard Drive install?
Frugal install to hdx?
Or some other install type?

If you did a typical Debian Hard Drive install then After you make a change to your lilo.conf file open a command prompt and:
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dsl@box:$~sudo lilo

reboot and your new boot options should take effect.

If you did a Frugal install(my favorite type) then boot from the CD and at the command prompt type:
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dsl vga=788 2
frugal_install.sh
go through your install as per normal remembering to put in your persistent home and opt, but at the end when it asks you if you want to format Y or Upgrade N
choose N, this will leave your old install intact but update your lilo


Hope that was of some use to you.
Rob


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Posted: Jan. 30 2006,10:19 QUOTE

i did the first one, but it still not working. Even doing what you said. It ALWAYS ask me to choose the resolution.
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Posted: Jan. 30 2006,13:11 QUOTE

It sounds more like x resolution than console resolution to me, if it's asking you.

Look in lilo.conf for "xsetup".  If it's there, remove it and reconfigure lilo.


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Posted: Jan. 30 2006,17:57 QUOTE

Actually it's console resolution. On other distros i used, when i change vga= it changed the resolution but dsl always ask me the resolution.
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