Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261576AbUKGK7O (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Nov 2004 05:59:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261577AbUKGK7O (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Nov 2004 05:59:14 -0500 Received: from witte.sonytel.be ([80.88.33.193]:49388 "EHLO witte.sonytel.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261576AbUKGK7I (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Nov 2004 05:59:08 -0500 Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 11:58:56 +0100 (MET) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: "Camilo A. Reyes" cc: Jurriaan , Linux Kernel Development Subject: Re: Console 80x50 SVGA In-Reply-To: <20041106183147.GB16891@leamonde.no-ip.org> Message-ID: References: <20041105224206.GA16741@leamonde.no-ip.org> <20041106071245.GA28709@middle.of.nowhere> <20041106183147.GB16891@leamonde.no-ip.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1700 Lines: 40 On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, Camilo A. Reyes wrote: > On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 08:12:45AM +0100, Jurriaan wrote: > > > Just a question about displaying the console in 80x50 lines instead of 80x30. I have enabled frame buffer but as of now its doing only 80x30. > > > > The combination of resolution and font you use allows you to get 80x30. > > > > Try google, or read more in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/ > > > > Good luck, > > Jurriaan > > -- > > "You so much as flutter in his direction again," growled Fisher, "and > > they'll be using what's left of you for a pipe cleaner." > > The faerie winced. "Do you think you could be a little less premenstrual > > about this, darling?" > > Simon R Green - Beyond the Blue Moon > > Debian (Unstable) GNU/Linux 2.6.9-mm1 2x6078 bogomips load 0.40 > > True, but one of the issues I have is when I choose 8x8 built in character > fonts it comes up 80x50 at the begining of the bootup process, (with a > nice penguin logo too :-D) but then as the system begins to run its services > and mounting its drives it switches back to good old 80x30. :-( Hence one of the startup scripts loads the 8x16 font again... Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/