[Gllug] Virtual Terminal Resolution
David Irvine
co2cool at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 18 12:25:19 UTC 2001
On Fri, 2001-11-16 at 13:33, Xander D Harkness wrote:
> 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.
>
If your going this far you may also wish to set up a frame buffer device
in the kernel config, espcially if your using a matrox or other
supported card as the result is amazing. Have a look at the framebuffer
howto.
HTH
David
> 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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