I didn't make myself clear. Please let me try again . . . In grub, when booting CentOS, I set my kernel parameters to 132 x 60, and the boot started with that setting. Some time during the process of booting up, a command was executed that changed my console mode to something like 132 x 30. I disabled "setsysfont" in rc.sysinit, and that delayed the switch until a few steps later. I disabled Red Hat Graphical Boot, and that delayed the switch still further. Down about the point where the filesystems are being brought up, the switch still takes place, and I can't find out where this happens. So I guess I give up on keeping the boot process from second-guessing the kernel parameters, they seem dead set on doing this. That brings me back to my original question: >DOS had a simple "mode" command that would switch the screen mode on the fly. I know Linux has no such simple tool, but is there something I can do after the fact to get the console density I want? Or can someone suggest another place in the boot sequence where the static might be coming from? > > Thanks, Vic --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss