Hi. For those of you who are using a HandyTech Modular Evolution 88, I recently managed to configure my Linux console to have 88 columns (and 42 lines). Since the display is continuous, you can then use all the width of your display during your work on the console.
I used to use 85x32, but recently (mostly by accident) figured out how to make use of the remaining 3 cells as well. The trick is to set a framebuffer resolution and a certain font size which results in the number of columns you desire. In my case, I used 800x600 as a starting-point with fbset, and then issued "fbset -xres 704" which results in 704 pixel width which divided by 8 (font width) results in 88 characters per line. After loading a 14x8 console font, I have 88x42 text mode, which works very nicely with this 88 cell display. Unfortunately, to achieve this (as far as I know) you have to load a framebuffer driver for your graphics card. In my case, it is nvidiafb. This is, unfortunately, very graphics card dependant, and its very likely that one card you try does not support a certain mode you are aiming at. I had to swap my original (Intel-based) graphics card for this NVidia thing just for the resoltuion settings to work. But once you have a working setup, it really pays off. 10% more text size is noticeable. -- CYa, ⡍⠁⠗⠊⠕ | Debian Developer <URL:http://debian.org/> .''`. | Get my public key via finger mlang/[email protected] : :' : | 1024D/7FC1A0854909BCCDBE6C102DDFFC022A6B113E44 `. `' `- <URL:http://delysid.org/> <URL:http://www.staff.tugraz.at/mlang/> _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
