Am Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:46:49 +0100 schrieb Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@plaetinck.be>:
Hi all, I find that the size of our "display" (this is the framebuffer resolution, right?) is quite small.
No framebuffer. During install we use a normal 80x25 setup. Only the bootloader (splash)screens have an other resolution.
Most distro's that I know of have a bigger size/resolution when booting their isos. Is there a reason we keep it so small? compatibility with older systems?
Then we must use either a VGA or VESA framebuffer mode. VGA modes offers IMHO only modes with more lines (ex. 80x50) and look ugly without other console fonts. Framebuffer mode (640x480, 600x600, 1024x768 pixel size than char/line count) is mostly used by other installers, selectable by the user fitted their hardware. Same could be done by our users by adding a vga= parameter in the bootloader. For us maybe a grub entry with parameter vga=ask is the best, so users could select their resolution. But IMHO we should "design" our bash dialogs in a way that they also be usable on a normal 80x25 console..
Dieter
Gerhard