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2018-03-25.md

Change resolution in tty console

I wanted my external screen to work in it's correct resolution while being on the console (without Xorg).

Here's what I've done to get it work:

  1. On boot select Hardware info and look for your desired resolution code e.g. 895
  2. Edit /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
  3. Add vga=895 to the APPEND line in your appropriate block

Example

Old value: APPEND root=/dev/sda1 rw
New value: APPEND root=/dev/sda1 rw vga=895

In case you'd like to rotate the screen counterclockwise (pivot):
$ echo 3 | sudo tee /sys/class/graphics/fbcon/rotate

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