Re: [PLUG] full graphical web browsing from the console (without X)

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

Also...I used "vga=ask" to get a list of valid modes.  The list shows 
the hex values.  From there you can convert to decimal if you wish.

Time wrote:

> I also use the vga=0xa on the kernel line in grub like how they describe
> doing a vga=780. Out of curiosity, I tried the vga=780 and it produces
> the same results. Can anyone shed some light on how this number is
> generated? It seems to be the key to many of the things I'm attempting
> to achieve with frame-buffer.
>
>  



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