On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:39:43 +0100 Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote:
> It isn't a problem - it's the user's system, he or she can decide > what suits. Yeah, some monitors scale certain resolutions poorly. They supposedly work best at their native (max) resolution, but with the fonts that come with the base kernel, that often results in 160 columns+. It's great to know about the terminus fonts Bruce mentioned. However, even with the 16x32 size, a monitor running at 1920x1200 would still have 120 columns and 37 rows. A 24x48 font would yield a standard 80 cols, but with a high resolution for fine glyph details. I think the kernel developers could have done a better job here with regard to the compiled-in fonts that are available in the base kernel as well as with the framebuffer configuration documentation that is out there. BTW, has anyone here been bitten by "my modern IPS panel monitor won't run over 60Hz (v. refresh) so I can't see the 70Hz BIOS boot screen (when it's connected to an old machine)"? Cheers, Mike -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
