[COLUG] changing console resolution on Linux server

[Judd Montgomery]

On Thu, August 9, 2007 3:08 pm, Brian wrote:
> Over the last several months we have replaced the KVM's in our server
> room.  We now have one Linux server where the console (non-GUI) will
> not display on the new video display.  We receive an error of
> "resolution is too high".  When we connect a regular monitor to the
> system, the console shows up just fine, although the text is small
> enough that I could easily say that the resolution is perhaps
> 1280x1024.
>
> If it were a GUI login screen, I would know how to go about reducing
> the resolution.  But how do you change the resolution on a CLI screen?

Look at the VGA parameter in /boot/grub/menu.lst, or /etc/lilo.conf, if
you use grub, or lilo to boot.

Judd