[Gllug] Virtual Terminal Resolution

[Xander D Harkness]

On Fri, 2001-11-16 at 14:22, Colin Coles wrote:
> Hi,
>  Anyone know how to change the numbers of rows & columns in a virtual 
> terminal, I've seen it done somewhere but can't remember where. A google 
> search just gave me reams of pages about X.
> Thanks for any help,
> Colin.
> 
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You can set it at boot in lilo; however your kernel has to be compiled
to accept different modes.  RH bog standard kernel does not by default.

It is the vga setting and you can choose 1-9 or a for ask I think.

  message = /boot/message
  default = vmlinuz-2.4.6a
  vga = 9
  read-only

Cheers
Xander


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