On June 13, 2016 12:56:27 AM CDT, "Richard G. Crockett" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Guys, or Gals, as the Case May Be, > >Since I may have to deal with a text only virtual console for some time >before I build a window manager, I need a comfortable environment. I >managed to get gpm working by using my host system to examine the >protocols >and write these to the proper file, but getting the screen resolution >and >font size set has me baffled. I'm 58 years old. My eyes ain't so good. >I >need big fonts. I literally cannot see the writing on my big, high >resolution monitor that always manages to set itself to 1680x1050 no >matter >what I do. (It's 18x11") > >Two days of googling suggested I could change the screen resolution >through >grub, but nothing I do there has any effect (/etc/default/grub, >GRUB_GFXMODE). No directives regarding font size have any effect >(/etc/defaults/console-setup). I see that the "standard" font has size >limits. OK. Fine, so I need to use another font, but what is going on? >Where ARE my fonts? And what numbers can I use? In the LFS book (7.9), >I >followed the trail to the docs in /usr/share/doc/kbd-2.0.3 and learned >all >kinds of cool stuff, but no solution to this silly but extremely >exasperating problem. > >I guess, in the spirit of an LFS build, we like to delve into the >internals. We like to know where *everything* is in our OS, like fonts, >but >also what happens in the boot process, like setting screen resolution. >I >have missing information. > >I realize that this is two different problems: fonts and their size, >and >the screen resolution of virtual consoles, but understanding either one >would probably solve this problem. I would not even ask unless I'd done >my >homework, or, at least honestly tried. It's quite a jump from LFS to >BLFS. >You are probably right to conclude that anyone who successfully >navigates >an LFS build ain't no dummy and doesn't need a lot of handholding, but, >still, it's a tricky transition. Really, really looking forward to >writing >some Python and getting ImageMagick going, (building an image >manipulation >server able to be accessed over ssh, that's the plan) but I need fonts >my >tired old eyeballs can see. Feel free to knock me over with a feather >for >something I should have learned or known already. :) > >Cheers,
Hi Rick, I would try appending "video=<resolution>" to the end of your kernel command line, e.g. video=1024x768 Or video=1280x1024 Note that these options worked for me a long time ago, but I haven't tested them in a very long time. Douglas R. Reno --LFS/BLFS systemd maintainer Sent from my cell phone. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
