On 08/27/2017 04:14 PM, Storm Dragon via arch-general wrote:
> Howdy,
> I am blind, and don't even have a screen connected to this computer. For some
> reason, my console size is 30 lines and 80 columns. I've not seen this small
> of a console before. they usually have 50+ lines and over 100 columns.
>
> I have searched for quite a while, but not found anything about increasing
> the console size. I did find a python script that will set the screen to the
> actual size, but it returns 30 80 as well, so no luck there either. One site
> said you could just export the lines and columns you want, but that failed,
> even though the variables were set correctly.
>
> Is there any way to set the lines and columns regardless of the size your
> computer believes the screen to be?
> Thanks for any help,
> Storm
>
I'd suggest trying to use "stty rows N columns M" to force terminal
size regarless of what the kernel believes it to be.
Jerome
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