HOWTO change the frame buffer size of console

reference : http://khmirage.tistory.com/130

We need some package to do that.

$sudo apt-get install hwinfo

After install the package, run the following command

$sudo hwinfo --framebuffer
... blah blah
Mode 0x0349: 1400x1050 (+5600), 24 bits <-- what I want !!
Mode 0x0369: 1680x1050 (+6720), 24 bits
... blah blah

Find the mode you want, and remember the number 0x0349

Apply it to the menu.lst file

$sudo vi /boot/grub/menu.lst

In menu.lst, find the following line

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.????? root=UUID=??? ro quiet splash

and append vga=0x349 at the end of the line as shown below

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.????? root=UUID=??? ro quiet splash vga=0x349

reboot..