Note that on some systems (Ubuntu for example) you will need to enable frame buffer
Do this by editing /etc/modules and add the following rules:
vesafb fbcon |
Then in: /boot/grub/menu.lst add:
vga=769 splash="silent" |
to the end of a ‘kernel’ option here change ‘769’ to the settings you wish to run at (see below) These are the value’s to choose from:
| 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 ----+------------------------------------- 256 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307 32k | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319 64k | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A 16M | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B |
Or in decimal:
| 640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x1024 ----+----------------------------------------- 256 | 769 771 773 775 32K | 784 787 790 793 64K | 785 788 791 794 16M | 786 789 792 795 |
* Note that this is only for vesafb