On Monday 16 April 2007 09:50, Jonathan Arnold wrote: > M Harris wrote: > > On Monday 16 April 2007 10:24, Jonathan Arnold wrote: > >> How do I change the video mode in my text consoles from the normal > >> 80x25 to something more usable, like say 50x132? > > > > If you mean your Alt-F1 -- F6 black screen consoles, then you > > can do that in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Try vga=0x317 as in > > the following: > > > > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 vga=0x317 selinux=0 > > resume=/dev/sda3 splash=silent showopts > > Yes, I mean my Alt-F? virtual terminals. So I can only change this > at boot time? No way to change it once I'm running?
No, that's not true, you can change it on-the-fly. % man fbset (Use with care--you are, of necessity, modifying video hardware parameters.) > -- > Jonathan Arnold Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
