On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 06:49:02PM -0400, Robert G. Hays wrote > Tty's are still 80x25, & that's after a **LOT** of work. I really > need this fixed too,
I'll tackle this part. SVGATextMode is an absolute pain to get right. And you don't really need it for a nice crisp 80x48 (YES!) text display. First, make sure that you've enabled alternate text modes to begin with. The "make menuconfig" path is... Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> Console display driver support ---> [*] Video mode selection support You *MUST* have "Video mode selection support" enabled. If it's not enabled, do so now. Next step is to put "vga=6" into lilo or grub. When you reboot, you'll end up in the alternate VGA text mode, which is 640 pixels across by 480 scanlines. "vga=6" loads the crummy 8x8 CGA fonts. This gives... 640 x 480 --------- = 80 x 60 8 x 8 Lots of lines, but murder on my eyes. Rather than 8 x 8 CGA, I prefer the following option in /etc/rc.conf CONSOLEFONT="lat1-10" This invokes an 8 x 10 font, which gives... 640 x 480 --------- = 80 x 48 8 x 10 Because of the extra 25% vertical detail, this gives a *MUCH* more readable display than "vga=1" 80 x 50 mode, which uses CGA 8 x 8 fonts on the default 640 x 400 VGA mode. For more details see my webpage... http://www.waltdnes.org/tips_and_tricks/textmodes.html -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linux. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
