> I want a higher console resolution, therefore I use vga=6 as a kerneloption. > During system boot the resolution is set to the higher mode and then, > just before the system is sone boting, the console resolution switches > back to the default.
Actually what happens is that the default console settings are taking over. I just sorted out this issue not so long ago thanks to this link: http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_20.html#SEC318 This is where you can learn how to try the different fonts available for the console. Then if you want to change the console configuration it is all in /etc/console-tools/config The config file is self documented, even if I haven't found out the hidden meaning of SCREEN_FONT and APP_CHARSET. My file looks like this: <code> BLANK_TIME=30 BLANK_DPMS=off POWERDOWN_TIME=30 APP_CHARSET_MAP=lat9-08 SCREEN_FONT=lat9-08 </code> Be careful with the choice of your font, cause it may sometimes lead to funny characters in emacs or a n-curses based application (especially the drawing of the windows and stuff). It is my case and I believe this is linked to my APP_CHARSET_MAP setting, which should be left to ISO-15 or sth. Anyway, the most important is SCREEN_FONT. mine is 'lat9' (I'm French) with a height of 8 instead of the usual 16. This is the way to obtain a 80x50 resolution. make sure you have the console-tools package installed with the whole bunch of fonts! they're supposed to be in /usr/share/consolefonts my "lat9-08" stands for /usr/share/consolefonts/lat9-08.psf.gz, that's the way to adress the fonts in the config file. Hope I answered your question. Vince. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]