How to control console resolution

[Ernest Doub]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:13 AM, Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com> wrote:

> How does one control the resolution shown in text/console mode?
>
> I have a monitor that seems to have no means to adjust the viewable
> area.  An older samsung LCD.  the settings menu appears not to offer
> any means to make viewing size adjustments like my old crts did.
>

Have you looked here:
http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/learningresources/monitor/magetune/pop_usermanual_lcd.html

Also what is the model number?


> The default text/console resolution means the first 3 characters on
> any line are off the viewable area and when the console becomes full,
> moving the prompt to the bottom, half the prompt line is below the
> visible area.
>
> I see no way to adjust it on the hardware so how can I adjust it with
> OS tools? Perhaps some edit to grub.cfg or can it be done dynamically
> once the OS is running?
>
> The stuff I've googled up with stings like:
>  `ubuntu set resolution console'
>
> Turns up plenty of tips but they all revolve around grub, not grub2
> which is the default on 11.4.
>
> Its not at all clear how to translate those kind of things to grub
>



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