Living without X

When GRUB showed me the boot options, I pressed e, down, e, added vga=794, pressed enter, then b.

This sets the console resolution to 1280x1024, 16 bit for one session. The permanent solution is to add vga=795 (1280x1024, 24 bit) to the lines which start with kernel, after the line which reads ## ## End Default Options ## in the file /boot/grub/menu.lst. Search for grub vga modes to find out which number represents which resolution.

Now, it’s nice to have a hi-rez screen, but the fonts are too small. The next step is to increase the console font size.