<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Brian McKee pounded out the following on his or her keyboard on 10/4/2007 3:54 PM: <blockquote cite="mid:cc77dabe0710041254v184c28b2ld0af5c19b760b24e@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 04/10/2007, Pete Holsberg <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pjh42@pobox.com"><pjh42@pobox.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> What controls the resolution in the console? Pretend I'm a Unix geek. Now what's your answer? :-) </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I'll take a stab at this - What's displaying the console? I've got a Digital VT220 here that the resolution was set back in the 70s and it hasn't changed since. Font selection is kinda hardwired too... :-)</pre> </blockquote> It's a Dell LCD monitor in a Dell PC with an on-board video "card". <blockquote cite="mid:cc77dabe0710041254v184c28b2ld0af5c19b760b24e@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Framebuffer yes or no? </pre> </blockquote> No idea. How do I find that out? <blockquote cite="mid:cc77dabe0710041254v184c28b2ld0af5c19b760b24e@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">If framebuffer yes then you can alter resolution by passing arguments to the kernel at boot - i.e. the vga=771 stuff in grub see <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/Howto_Change_Font_Size_During_Boot_Framebuffer_Resolution"><http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/Howto_Change_Font_Size_During_Boot_Framebuffer_Resolution></a> </pre> </blockquote> I've already tried that and it failed, so I guess I do not have a framebuffer. <blockquote cite="mid:cc77dabe0710041254v184c28b2ld0af5c19b760b24e@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> If framebuffer no then it's somehow tied into font size - and I'm way over my head. Traditionally is 80x25 but you can change that even without framebuffer... I remember googling up related info while I was trying to make a Mac 80x25 at the console (never succeeded either...) Try man consolechars and or look at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/howtos/Cyrillic/Cyrillic-HOWTO-3.html">http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/howtos/Cyrillic/Cyrillic-HOWTO-3.html</a> </pre> </blockquote> I'll install kbd and see what I can do with that. Thanks. <div class="moz-signature">-- Pete Holsberg Columbus, NJ Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. - Sanders' Law </div> </body> </html>