<!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 2:46 PM: <blockquote cite="mid:cc77dabe0710041146s2adba244r37aae41e6a0b59ce@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 is the difference between the command line screen you get by typing Ctrl-Alt-F[1-6] and what you get by using a "terminal" program? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> <tongue in cheek> The program used to display that screen to you.... </tongue in cheek> Using a terminal program the results go back and forth thru that program, whether it's konsole or gnome-term or xterm or whatever you are using, then thru X, then to the system. Using a terminal program lets you change font size, colour, copy and paste with your mouse etc. The console has one fixed sized font, doesn't understand mice, etc so most of those options aren't available. The console has a lot less overhead - doesn't require X to be installed, etc etc etc What you can do in that window is identical. The console tends to be less pretty and always available - A terminal program in X tends to be prettier. The prompt is a shell like bash or dash that interacts with the system. It's the same shell regardless of how it's displayed to you. HTH Brian PS unix geeks know the above is a gross oversimplification - but I think it most accurately answers the question as posed.... </pre> </blockquote> What controls the resolution in the console? Pretend I'm a Unix geek. Now what's your answer? :-) Thanks. <div class="moz-signature">-- Pete Holsberg Columbus, NJ There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate... --Charles Dickens </div> </body> </html>