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[David Moberg <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

I wrote:
> I think the busybox fbset takes similar options to the full-size
> fbset, but it handles them slightly differently. I believe that it
> worked to have an /etc/fb.modes and then to use a command
> like fbset "1024x768-60", assuming that the fb.modes file
> was set up right. I will look at the source code and report back.

/etc/fb.modes is where busybox fbset looks for the modes file.
After setting up /etc/fb.modes, you can supposedly use -vres,
-yres, and -depth to change to a different mode.

Here is some old documentation:

http://home.tele2.ch/spblinux/doc/fbset.html

David