Re: Re: Re: Setting text mode in the console
Hello , my name is Joe Bosak as wellI live in PA small world, where are you from?..JB
Re: Setting text mode in the console
Cruncher wrote: Anybody know whether and how I can set text modes in the console? I'm running woody, on a Pentium 200 with ATI Mach 64 chipset. I've installed svgalib, svgatextmode and fbset but I can't see how to change my text mode from 80x25. I've put vga=ask in the boot script (or whatever you call it) which gives me available modes - which I can select during the boot process and which work momentarily, but then linux continues to load and resets the mode back to 80x25. Why do I want to do this? I'm running prboom and quakeforge (nq-sdl) in textmode, and I want higher resolution... - C But you installed SvgaTextMode! It has the ATI Mach64 chipset. So play with the /etc/TextConfig file. The command is stm. I prefer SvgaTextMode to framebuffers, but sadly it is no longer supported, meaning the newer cards go unsupported. Especially with Backstreet Ruby stm does very well. I have posted my TextConfig file here: http://home.planet.nl/~woerk095/TextConfig As you can see I have set chipset RIVA128 and use B124x48 as the mode. So try chipset ATIMACH64 You'll like it... Hugo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: Setting text mode in the console
Thanks - how do I that? Do I need to recompile the kernel, is this something that goes into a configuration file? Or do I enter it at the command prompt? I'm booting using lilo and running in command-line mode (ie. not using X). - C
Re: Setting text mode in the console
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 11:31:10PM -, Cruncher wrote Anybody know whether and how I can set text modes in the console? I'm running woody, on a Pentium 200 with ATI Mach 64 chipset. I've installed svgalib, svgatextmode and fbset but I can't see how to change my text mode from 80x25. I've put vga=ask in the boot script (or whatever you call it) which gives me available modes - which I can select during the boot process and which work momentarily, but then linux continues to load and resets the mode back to 80x25. Why do I want to do this? I'm running prboom and quakeforge (nq-sdl) in textmode, and I want higher resolution... I've managed to get this working. For a generic overview, see... http://www.waltdnes.org/tips_and_tricks/textmodes.html Here's the Debian-specific implementation. There are two steps... 1) Put VGA=6 into lilo.conf (or GRUB or whatever) and execute lilo. 2) Install console-tools and in /etc/console-tools/config select a font you want to use. Then reboot. I use... SCREEN_FONT=lat1-12.psf.gz to get a 40-row display on a 17-inch monitor. On a 19-incher, SCREEN_FONT=lat1-10.psf.gz gives a 48-row display that is *MUCH* nicer to look at than the 50-row display mode on VGA. The font-files are in /usr/share/consolefonts Here's the algorithm. - VGA has two native textmodes, 640 pixels X 400 scanlines, and 640 X 480. The second one is activated by VGA=6 - the default VGA font is 8 pixels wide and 16 scanlines high. This combines to give... 640 * 400 - = 80 columns * 25 rows 8 * 16 - Using 640 * 480 mode gives 80 * 30 with the 8 * 16 VGA font - 640 * 480 with 14-high (EGA) font gives 480 / 14 = 34 rows. - 640 * 480 with 12-high font gives 480 / 12 = 40 rows. - 640 * 480 with 10-high font gives 480 / 10 = 48 rows. - 640 * 480 with 8-high (CGA) font gives 480 / 8 = 60 rows. It's a trade-off between readability versus packing in more rows. You can manually set the font with the consolechars command, e.g. consolechars -f /usr/share/consolefonts/lat1-10.psf.gz will give you the 10-high font. This is usefull for trying out different modes to see what you like. SVGATextMode can be used to pack in more scanlines, and give more rows with the same font. -- Walter Dnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email users are divided into two classes; 1) Those who have effective spam-blocking 2) Those who wish they did -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Setting text mode in the console
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:25:04 - Joe Bosak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks - how do I that? Do I need to recompile the kernel, is this something that goes into a configuration file? Or do I enter it at the command prompt? I'm booting using lilo and running in command-line mode (ie. not using X). In /etc/lilo.conf, in the 'image =' entry for your kernel, put: append = video=vga16:off vga = 1 This should give you 80x50 text mode and prevent the kernel from setting it back to the annoying framebuffer text mode. Don't forget to run /sbin/lilo. Krum -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: Setting text mode in the console
That's brilliant - thankyou - tried it and it works! - C
Re: Setting text mode in the console
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 11:31:10PM -, Cruncher wrote: Anybody know whether and how I can set text modes in the console? I'm running woody, on a Pentium 200 with ATI Mach 64 chipset. I've installed svgalib, svgatextmode and fbset but I can't see how to change my text mode from 80x25. ~ (your mail would be easier to read with lines = 72 chars. Using mutt w/ vim: edit to /usr/share/vim/vim61/syntax/muttrc.vim: set textwidth=72 ) ~ Your /etc/TextConfig (configuring svgatextmode) seems still to have the default mode 80x25 activated. Using svgatextmode obsoletes any boot parameter for a graphic card, as svgatextmode will substitute it's settings anyway. Setting up your chipset configuration w/in /etc/TextConfig is still up to you. (Maybe you can get clock settings from SuperProbe.) (few lines from /etc/TextConfig): # # # Optionally define the default mode, which will be called when # SVGATextMode # is started _without_ a mode definition string. # ## DefaultMode 80x25 DefaultMode 100x37x9_SVGA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Setting text mode in the console
Anybody know whether and how I can set text modes in the console? I'm running woody, on a Pentium 200 with ATI Mach 64 chipset. I've installed svgalib, svgatextmode and fbset but I can't see how to change my text mode from 80x25. I've put vga=ask in the boot script (or whatever you call it) which gives me available modes - which I can select during the boot process and which work momentarily, but thenlinux continues to load and resets the mode back to 80x25. Why do I want to do this? I'm running prboom and quakeforge (nq-sdl) in textmode, and I want higher resolution... - C
Re: Setting text mode in the console
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:31:10 - Cruncher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've put vga=ask in the boot script (or whatever you call it) which gives me available modes - which I can select during the boot process and which work momentarily, but then linux continues to load and resets the mode back to 80x25. Try the kernel param video=vga16:off Krum -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
