Randall R Schulz wrote: > 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.)
I get a : open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory when I try to use fbset. I don't see any 'fb' device or folder in my /dev folder. -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, an Open OS weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
