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On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 11:55:16AM -0700, maxim wexler wrote |
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> Hi group, |
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> The console fonts in my new LCD monitor are H-U-G-E. |
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> Attempts to shrink them by adding vga=xxx at the grub |
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> prompt after the kernel line has no effect. |
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In order to be able to do that, you have to enable it in the kernel. |
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In "make menuconfig" follow... |
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Device Drivers ---> |
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Graphics support ---> |
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Console display driver support ---> |
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[*] Video mode selection support |
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Compiling the kernel that way, and booting from the new kernel, |
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enables you to select VGA modes... and you don't have to muck around |
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with framebuffer at all. |
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In addition to selecting VGA modes, you can also influence your |
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display by selecting different sized fonts. VGA defaults to 8x16 fonts, |
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which are huge. "vga=6" selects 8x8 CGA font on a 640x480 text console, |
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which gives 80 columns x 60 rows... but is rather hard to read. |
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I set "vga = 6". In /etc/conf.d/consolefont I have... |
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CONSOLEFONT="lat1-10" |
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640 x 480 |
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The 8x10 pixel font gives --------- = 80 columns x 48 rows. |
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8 x 10 |
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It is *MUCH* easier on the eyes than "vga = 1", which combines 8x8 CGA |
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font (bleagh) on a 640x400 pixel text console to give 80x50 text mode. |
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You can look in /usr/share/consolefonts to see what's available. You |
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can test various fonts by running setfont ("man setfont" for details). |
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Check http://www.waltdnes.org/tips_and_tricks/textmodes.html for more |
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details on how and why console fonts work the way they do on x86 systems. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 |
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