On Tuesday 20 January 2004 10:08 pm, Andrew Farmer wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:55:57 -0800, larryB muttered: > > I have successfully installed gentoo. In my grub.conf file, I > > included the line, > > "kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.4.24-2004-01-10 root=/dev/sda5 vga=ext". > > > > This line successfully changes the startup kernel screen from 25 > > lines per screen to 50 lines per screen, which is as intended. > > However, sometime before the login prompt (probably when init > > begins), the consol returns to 25 lines per screen. I am migrating > > to gentoo from "Linux From Scratch" (LFS) distribution, where I > > used the same technique, but with LFS, there was no shift back to > > 25 lines. > > > > I often operate as root from the agetty login consoles. 50 lines > > per screen is more user friendly than 25. I have looked diligently > > for the location in startup scripts where this change is made, but > > have not been able to find any video altering commands. How can I > > have 50 lines on my login agetty consoles? > > There's a startup rc-script that messes with fonts. Can't remember > exactly what it's called, but "rc-update remove <scriptname>" will > set you right.
Thank you so much! When I used the command, "rc-update -d consolefont", my problem was solved - 50 lines per screen now. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
