Re: [Devil-linux-develop] [enhancement] tshark

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Quoting Bruce Smith <bw...@ar...>:

>> > I would like to be able to change the default for the resolution, so it
>> > remembers it for future boots.  i.e. I want to be select "3" (1024x768)
>> > and have it remember that setting so I don't have to type 3 every boot.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know if that's possible with a "better menu system"?
>>
>> Well we do not have an option to save the setting.
>> BUT
>> Maybe there's a program out there which can be used to change the
>> resolution after the system is booted up.
>
> That would be a good option.  What's the name of the program?

The name is "Maybe there's a program out there..." ;-)
No clue if there really is such a thing, it's just a hope, ask Google.

>> > If not, what would happen if I changed the official "server release" to
>> > default to 1024x768?  I know some hardware doesn't support higher
>> > resolutions, but would it prevent the system from booting without manual
>> > intervention, or would the system just print an warning and continue
>> > booting at a lower resolution?  I don't think I have any old hardware to
>> > test this on.  And I REALLY get sick of trying to catch the boot prompt
>> > and typing "3" when I'm rebooting a lot during development.
>>
>> Set vga=2137 or some other invalid value and see what the system does.
>
> OK, I'll give it a try.  Thanks!
>


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Regards
   Heiko Zuerker
   http://www.devil-linux.org


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