[Gllug] Virtual Terminal Resolution

[Ian Northeast]

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,

> 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

On a related note, does anyone know how to change the text colour or,
more specifically, brightness? The 1990-ish vintage IBM 14" monitor I
use to e.g. install new kernels on generally headless machines still
works fine but is getting a little dim and the default "non bright"
white text is hard to read, especially from across the room where I
usually am. Highlighted text and the green that some distros use for the
"OK" from the startup scripts are fine. I would like to be able to
change the default to highlighted.

BTW IBM kit really did used to be well built. The PC this monitor came
with still works too, and it was an entry level "Valuepoint" model.
Unfortunately from recent posts about disks I gather that the quality
may have slipped somewhat these days.

Regards, Ian

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