VGA Boot modes to set screen resolutionVGA Boot modes to set screen resolution

Posted at 2010. 2. 3. 13:43 | Posted in Computer

A simple way to set your screen resolution and color depth for most Live Linux distro's is via the use of the vga=parameter boot option. For example at boot you might type: Live vga=795. This would set your system to boot using the Live label with a screen resolution to 24bit 1280X1024. Here are some more examples of common vga boot values.

VGA Resolution and Color Depth reference Chart:
Depth 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1152 x 864 1280 x 1024 1600 x 1200
 08 bit vga=771 vga=773 vga=353 vga=775 vga=796
 16 bit vga=788 vga=791 vga=355 vga=794 vga=798
 24 bit vga=789 vga=792   vga=795 vga=799
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