On 12/22/00, 05:58:25AM -0500, fred smith wrote:
On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 10:42:44PM -0500, John P. Verel wrote:
I'd like to change the font, characters per line and lines on the screen
when in console mode. I gather that setting the TERM environment
variable may be the way to do this.
David,
Well, had one pass through most of the documentation. Gulp! ;) I
always go into half time with software that directly writes to hardware,
with all the adventure that may cause! But, onward! May be a couple of
days, but I'll report back.
FWIW, what also works is setting a per kernel
On 12/22/00, 01:18:02AM -0600, Uncle Meat wrote:
On 22-Dec-2000 John P. Verel opined:
I'd like to change the font, characters per line and lines on the
screen
when in console mode. I gather that setting the TERM environment
variable may be the way to do this. However, finding an
On 22-Dec-2000 John P. Verel opined:
On 12/22/00, 01:18:02AM -0600, Uncle Meat wrote:
On 22-Dec-2000 John P. Verel opined:
I'd like to change the font, characters per line and lines on the
screen
when in console mode. I gather that setting the TERM environment
variable may be the
On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 10:42:44PM -0500, John P. Verel wrote:
I'd like to change the font, characters per line and lines on the screen
when in console mode. I gather that setting the TERM environment
variable may be the way to do this. However, finding an alternative
No, I don't think so.
John, I think what you want is a package called SVGATextMode. I seem
to recall that its configuration wasn't exactly straightforward, but
its purpose is to take advantage of the capabilities of your video
card while in console mode, which sounds like what you're looking for.
I'd be interested
On 22-Dec-2000 John P. Verel opined:
I'd like to change the font, characters per line and lines on the
screen
when in console mode. I gather that setting the TERM environment
variable may be the way to do this. However, finding an alternative
description for my machine is proving
