Console and gui/X can't be different resolution in F14?

Tom Horsley horsley1953 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 11 18:24:58 UTC 2010


On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:02:14 -0700
stan wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I recently installed F14.  I've noticed that even when I tell grub to
> use 1024x768 in the consoles (vga=0x317), it starts out there, then
> quickly flips to the default for the gui, 1280x1024.  I like 1280x1024
> for the gui, but it is just slightly uncomfortable in the console.

This is a result of all the new "kernel mode setting" changes
in the video drivers. If what you are really after is a bigger
font in the console, you could try the one I attached to this
bugzilla:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617768


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