Can't use xmodule=vesa on HD install

**ultrauber** · 05-10-2009, 07:23 PM

I'm fairly new to Linux, and have never used Knoppix. Right now, I've installed the newest version, 6.x, to the HD. When I booted Knoppix from CD, I had to use

Code:

knoppix xmodule=vesa

to get 1024x768 resolution, instead of 800x600. Now that I've installed to HD, how/where do insert this in GRUB? I know how to edit the boot command line, I just don't know where to insert the xmodule=vesa line.
On a related note, if I can get this working, how would I set it so that x module would be vesa every time, so I wouldn't always have to type it in?

**iki** · 05-10-2009, 08:18 PM

Try in /grub/menu.lst, where it says

Code:

kernel  /boot/vmlinuz.....

in that line.

Idk about Knoppix cheat codes but the usual VESA modes are 'vga=791' for 1024x768 16-bit and 'vga=792' for 1024x768 24-bit.

**ultrauber** · 05-10-2009, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by iki

Try in /grub/menu.lst, where it says

Code:

kernel  /boot/vmlinuz.....

in that line.

Idk about Knoppix cheat codes but the usual VESA modes are 'vga=791' for 1024x768 16-bit and 'vga=792' for 1024x768 24-bit.

I tried that, but I'm still in 800x600 because I don't know how to put it in VESA mode. Can you post the entire code, or the entire menu.lst file?

This does answer my question about how to make it permanent, thanks.