It might be due to kms: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/kernel_mode_setting
Try disabling it, or adding a vga= option to the kernel commandline? (I haven't tried it myself, though.) There's also a section in the same link on increasing the font size if that helps. Regards, Lynus On Aug 30, 2016 6:15 PM, "Mayuresh Kathe" <[email protected]> wrote: > hi, > > i am not using x11, so there is no desktop mode. > my regular unix (cli) console is running at some kind-a high resolution > vga mode. > > ctrl + alt + [1,2,3,4,5,6] all have that same high resolution mode > activated on them. > > ~mayuresh > > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 05:57:14PM +0530, Johnson Chetty wrote: > > Hey, > > > > If I get you correctly, you want a tty? > > > > Ctrl+Alt + [1,2,3,4,5,6] is tty mode which is fairly low res. > > > > Ctrl + Alt + 7 gets you back to the desktop mode. > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > On 30 August 2016 at 17:48, Mayuresh Kathe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > hi, i had been working with the high resolution of the console as > > > delivered with ubuntu server distribution, hated it, but had to make do > > > since i couldn't find material which could show me a way to switch off > > > the 'vga' mode. > > > > > > last night, i migrated away from ubuntu, it's too big for my tastes. > > > on debian jessie, and this too has that same high resolution console. > > > > > > i have tinkered around with the console-setup and grub files which only > > > afforded me a regular console on grub, but after grub transfers command > > > to the operating system, i am still stuck with a high resolution > > > console. > > > > > > is there any solution for this problem? > > > > > > and ah, yes, i still work at the console, no x11 for me. > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > ~mayuresh > > > > > > -- > > > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Johnson Chetty > > -- > > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
