nanogui@linuxhacker.org

On Thu, 20 May 1999, Greg Haerr wrote:
> 	Are you using the fbset program to change between modes before
> running nano-X?  Can you detail exactly how you change the system framebuffer
> between these different modes?

Yes, fbset is pretty easy to use. Note that it doesn't work with the Vesa
FB driver though, because you can only set them up from real mode at
bootup.

To change the colour depth, do something like
fbset -depth 8
or
fbset -depth 32
To change the resolution, do something like 
fbset -xres 1024 -yres 768

--------------- Linux- the choice of a GNU generation. --------------
: Alex Holden (M1CJD)- Caver, Programmer, Land Rover nut, Radio Ham :
-------------------- http://www.linuxhacker.org/ --------------------