On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:53:49AM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > I have a computer running KnoppMyth (Debian Etch). It is connected to my > (CRT) TV using a composite video cable from an Nvidia card. > > In TV mode it works fine. However I would like to be able to pop over > to console mode and make adjustments, read my text email, etc. > > My problem is that the text is too small. I need to be able to set the > console window to 80x24 or 80x25 without affecting the X windows > session. When the computer boots, the console text is fine. > > Any ideas?
Well, it's not clear from your mail when it's ok and when it's not. If the problem starts when (or during) the kernel initilizes, you can try finding in its command line (probably /boot/grub/menu.lst, I don't know KnoppMyth) vga=something and change that - either to some other number (IIRC vga=7 is 80x25) or delete it altogether. If it uses fb (something with fb there), you can try to delete that too, or perhaps change. If it's during user-mode startup, you'll need to find which init script messes with it. If it's X, then I don't really know - you might look at the package svgatextmode. -- Didi ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
