Hello Mario, Mario Lang <[email protected]> wrote on Di, Mai 04, 2010 at 12:56:36 +0200: >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. [...] >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 How do you find out which resolution is the fitting one? Are changes after a reboot gone, do I need this as a kernel parameter? Which modes are available?
>"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. How do I load such a font? >Unfortunately, to achieve this (as far as I know) you >have to load a framebuffer driver for your graphics card. In my # cat /proc/fb 0 inteldrmfb So the framebuffer is no problem, but currently I have 170 characters, 160 would be nicer (or even 120). How do I find out how to achieve this? Thanks Greetings Sebastian _______________________________________________ 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
