Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol

Sat Apr 7 15:45:15 UTC 2007

> Oops, I was mistaken.  800x600x4 (MODE_258) is what I'm using.
> 800x600x8 returns "Operation not supported" when trying to switch to it,
> as do both 4 and 8 bit 1024x768 modes.  16-bit and 32-bit modes work at
> the higher resolution but they're slow as molasses so I don't use
> them(1).

No Matter what I try, I get "cannot open raster device, inapropriate ioctl 
for this device". I have made sure that I have VESA loaded, etc.