RHEL:Change Screen Resolution of Virtual Console

Question

I am working on a RHEL 6.3 Workstation. And the monitor is a HD AOC Monitor. Problem I am facing is whenever this machine starts up, it runs with maximum screen resolution. It is a big screen and therefore causing eye-strain while I am working on virtual terminal (accessed by typing ALT+CTRL+(F1-F6)). How can I resolve this issue?

[root@manmatha grub]# uname -a
Linux manmatha 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 20 12:17:37 EST 2013
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Related: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/228156/how-can-i-live-change-the-tty-rows-and-columns — Incnis Mrsi, Sep 11 '15 at 12:19

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 02 '13 at 09:54

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Yes.after doing a large amount of browsing, i got this

add a parameter

video=XRES x YRES

to the kernel parameter list while the system boots up.To make it permanent you may change the corresponding kernel's parameter list.Usually it resides in-

/boot/grub/grub.conf

Alternatively you can use the

fbset

tool.Use

<su>yum install fbset

or similar commands to install it on your system.

answered May 02 '13 at 09:54

manmatha.roy

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If this solved your issue, please take a moment to accept it. – terdon Feb 08 '15 at 14:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 15 '13 at 16:18

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Might try with the vga= kernel parameter

answered Apr 15 '13 at 16:18

Bratchley

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score -4 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 30 '13 at 20:50

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Have you tried xrandr command?

xrandr -s 1024x768
xrandr -s 1600x900

..to whatever you like.

answered Apr 30 '13 at 20:50

Alessandro Meyer

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xrandr is an interface to RandR, which is an extension to the X Window System. – Oct 07 '13 at 23:14
Yes and it is an RH Workstation so he's supposedly on X? – Alessandro Meyer Oct 08 '13 at 13:18
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not on virtual consoles 1-6 – hildred Feb 08 '15 at 21:26

RHEL:Change Screen Resolution of Virtual Console

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