Anyone know how to increase the console font size

[Joshua Lambert]

Hello all all,
Here is how I turn off kernel mode setting.  First, I find out which video 
driver I am using via lsmod.  I my case it is the i915 driver.  Next, I 
add an append statement in grub that looks like
i915.modeset=0
Now you should have control over your display again when you restart. 
Maybe this will help in setting fonts sanely.
Cheers,
Josh


On Mon, 1 Feb 2010, Luke Yelavich wrote:

> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:31:38 -0800
> From: Luke Yelavich <themuso at ubuntu.com>
> To: ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Anyone know how to increase the console font size
> 
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 07:56:08AM PST, Bill Cox wrote:
>> In Ubuntu Lucid Alpha, the fonts on the console are really tiny.  In
>> Karmic, they were nice and large.  Does anyone know how to modify the
>> console font size?
>
> No I don't know how this is done. I do know what caused the change however. If you are using either an intel or ATI video card, you will be using what is called kernel mode setting. Kernel mode setting sets the correct resolution for the display at the kernel level. This affects the text size of the console. You can disable kernel mode setting for your hardware, but I don't know how its done. You would have to look in the kernel documentation for the intel or ATI hardware you are using to learn how to turn kernel mode setting off.
>
> Note that kernel mode setting being turned off by default is not something that can be considered for lucid, since various boot experience features require it to be enabled.
>
> Luke
>
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