Re: Console Font Size? Resolved

2009-11-16 Thread Thomas H. George
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:24:49AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > What is the relation between consolechars, charset and the > /etc/console-tools/config file? > > On boot up the console characters are hard to read without glasses. > The command consolechars -d changes to a very bold font. > Th

Re: Console Font Size?

2009-11-11 Thread jagginess
Thomas H. George wrote: What is the relation between consolechars, charset and the /etc/console-tools/config file? On boot up the console characters are hard to read without glasses. The command consolechars -d changes to a very bold font. The man page for charset indicates the default font i

Re: Console Font Size?

2009-11-11 Thread Wayne
Thomas H. George wrote: What is the relation between consolechars, charset and the /etc/console-tools/config file? On boot up the console characters are hard to read without glasses. The command consolechars -d changes to a very bold font. The man page for charset indicates the default font i

Console Font Size?

2009-11-11 Thread Thomas H. George
What is the relation between consolechars, charset and the /etc/console-tools/config file? On boot up the console characters are hard to read without glasses. The command consolechars -d changes to a very bold font. The man page for charset indicates the default font is cp427 or iso01. The entri

Re: Console font size change on xorg exit [RESOLVED]

2009-03-20 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> Quoth Matthew Smith at 2009-03-18 08:36... > >The issue is this: > > > >* Boot machine. > >* Console font size is sensible. > >* Run xorg (startx). > >* Close xorg. > >* Console font size is now enormous on all TTYs to the point of being > >

Re: Console font size change on xorg exit [RESOLVED]

2009-03-19 Thread Matthew Smith
Quoth Matthew Smith at 2009-03-18 08:36... The issue is this: * Boot machine. * Console font size is sensible. * Run xorg (startx). * Close xorg. * Console font size is now enormous on all TTYs to the point of being unusable. (Have to reboot to be able to work again.) It seems that the

Re: Console font size change on xorg exit

2009-03-18 Thread Matthew Smith
Quoth Thomas H. George at 2009-03-18 23:44... consolechars -d I have a much minor problem, a console font with some confusing characters is installed on bootup (Lenny). With console-tools installed the command consolechars -d switches to a font I like better. Thanks for that suggestion. I do

Re: Console font size change on xorg exit

2009-03-18 Thread Thomas H. George
from "mildly annoying" to > "serious nuisance." > > The issue is this: > > * Boot machine. > * Console font size is sensible. > * Run xorg (startx). > * Close xorg. > * Console font size is now enormous on all TTYs to the point of being > unusa

Re: Console font size change on xorg exit

2009-03-17 Thread Dave Witbrodt
Chris Jones wrote: On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 07:49:10PM EDT, Dave Witbrodt wrote: To which "framebuffer lists" do you refer? I have some framebuffer issues of my own that I would like to discuss with knowledgeable people, but I don't know where to look or subscribe. You can subscribe - or

Re: Console font size change on xorg exit

2009-03-17 Thread Chris Jones
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 07:49:10PM EDT, Dave Witbrodt wrote: > To which "framebuffer lists" do you refer? I have some framebuffer > issues of my own that I would like to discuss with knowledgeable > people, but I don't know where to look or subscribe. You can subscribe - or browse the arch

Re: Console font size change on xorg exit

2009-03-17 Thread Matthew Smith
Quoth Douglas A. Tutty at 2009-03-18 10:59... Two questions: Thanks for your reply. 1. Does this still happen if your kernel command line has vga=normal? (I'm assuming that you're using a framebuffer), and if you don't use a special font? Yes it does still happen with vga=normal. I do

Re: Console font size change on xorg exit

2009-03-17 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
annoying" to > "serious nuisance." > > The issue is this: > > * Boot machine. > * Console font size is sensible. > * Run xorg (startx). > * Close xorg. > * Console font size is now enormous on all TTYs to the point of being > unusable. (Have to reboot t

Re: Console font size change on xorg exit

2009-03-17 Thread Dave Witbrodt
Chris Jones wrote: .. oh bugger.. I meant the framebuffer lists, naturally. To which "framebuffer lists" do you refer? I have some framebuffer issues of my own that I would like to discuss with knowledgeable people, but I don't know where to look or subscribe. Dave W. -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: Console font size change on xorg exit

2009-03-17 Thread Chris Jones
mpleting the configuration of my > > new Debian installation, I'm upgrading this from "mildly annoying" to > > "serious nuisance." > > would go as far as "show stopper" myself. > > > The issue is this: > > > > * Boot machine.

Re: Console font size change on xorg exit

2009-03-17 Thread Chris Jones
from "mildly annoying" to > "serious nuisance." would go as far as "show stopper" myself. > The issue is this: > > * Boot machine. > * Console font size is sensible. > * Run xorg (startx). > * Close xorg. > * Console font size is now enormous on

Console font size change on xorg exit

2009-03-17 Thread Matthew Smith
is: * Boot machine. * Console font size is sensible. * Run xorg (startx). * Close xorg. * Console font size is now enormous on all TTYs to the point of being unusable. (Have to reboot to be able to work again.) Can anyone enlighten me as to why this happens and what I can do to regain my regular

Re: console font size

2004-01-18 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 11:02:13PM +0100, konf wrote: > > P> You could also try svgatextmode, which doesn't require framebuffer or > P> playing around with things at boot. Unfortunately the author seems to have > P> given up on it some time ago so it mostly only supports older graphics > P> cards.

Re: console font size

2004-01-18 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 02:13:24PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 04:36:23PM +0800, Ryan Mackay wrote: > > Sometime near Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 09:51:18AM +0100, konf wrote: > > > hello, > > > when i boot my debian box [no X windows installed) i see too big > > > console fonts.h

Re: console font size

2004-01-18 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
konf wrote: hello, when i boot my debian box [no X windows installed) i see too big console fonts.how could i reduce font size ? thanks in advance You get very nice consolefonts with SvgaTextMode. It will depend on your video card because the package is no longer supported, but is in all Debian

Re: console font size

2004-01-18 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 04:36:23PM +0800, Ryan Mackay wrote: > Sometime near Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 09:51:18AM +0100, konf wrote: > > hello, > > when i boot my debian box [no X windows installed) i see too big > > console fonts.how could i reduce font size ? > > thanks in advance > > > > At the lil

Re: console font size

2004-01-18 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 09:51:18AM +0100, konf wrote: > hello, > when i boot my debian box [no X windows installed) i see too big > console fonts.how could i reduce font size ? > thanks in advance > At the lilo boot: prompt Find out the name of your Linux kernel image (Linux by default

console font size

2004-01-18 Thread konf
hello, when i boot my debian box [no X windows installed) i see too big console fonts.how could i reduce font size ? thanks in advance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]