[Klug-general] TTY config

[Danny Stewart]

Ok now for everyone..

What Julia describes is called KMS (Kernel Mode Setting). It has become
default with Squeeze.

you can check if it is active with this:

dmesg | grep modeset

It works with Intel and ATI/AMD out-of-the-box with a debian stock
kernel or with vanilla (if compiled in). I believe nvidia can have KMS
too, but I think there is a little work involved with it.

That said, I like it very much and I have never regretted the move.

Cheers.



On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 10:30:53PM +0100, Julia Freeman wrote:
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> For the last 12 years I have been a heavy user of the console TTY's under
> linux, as long as I can remember they have given me a terminal of 80x40,
> which has been perfect for the way I (ab)use linux.
> 
> Unfortunately in the last dist-upgrade some bright spark decided that
> replacing the ever faithful 80x40 tty would be a good idea, so now I have
> some abominable frame buffer thing working at a stupid resolution with a
> tiny font that is not easy on the eyes after 36 hours of screen time. 
> 
> So.
> 
> Is there a way I can undo this and return my tty to something usable? 
> 
> J
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