From: staled@edb.tih.no (Staale Holberg Dahl) Subject: Re: > 80x25 on REALTEK VGA? Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1993 09:18:08 GMT
Bill Broadley (broadley@pitt.edu) wrote:
: Anybody manage to get more then 80x25 working with a REALTEK VGA?
: On boot it says:
: REALTEK VGA Dios Version 5.C05 Copyright Quadtel
: Anyway to change the console screen size after booting?
I managed to get 80x50 on my card using LILO, setting the 'vga='-entry
in the 'config' file to 'vga=extended'. As far as I understand, it's a
fairly standard mode, so it would work for all VGA cards.
: I don't really expect X to work at all (maybe mono), but thats
: after the consoles work.
It works, but only in mono :-(