From: Reinhard Karcher <karcher1234@gmx.net>
To: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Using console graphics (-s option) on non-standard resolutions
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:37:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D7E6E62.4040509@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik=AXJkWnE6rT1Yn=xn=JO5_=YNGhcF0NaJAnCO@mail.gmail.com>
Am 14.03.2011 20:15, schrieb Daren Krive:
> However all these newer distros change the resolution of the console
> (tty1 – tty6) to something much higher than the standard 80x25 and
> even change the font. Apparently most people *like* this but I prefer
> to have a standard console. If I need more space for a Linux session
> I will use a full-screen xterm.
>
> The real problem is however that it seems that these non-standard
> resolutions cause problems for DOSEMU when I use the “-s” option.
>
> If I run DOSEMU with the s- option I get some blue text very briefly
> on the screen and then my whole screen goes blank. The only way I can
> get things back to normal (that I know of)is to hard-boot my machine
> (ouch). Running DOSEMU without the –s options works fine but gives
> weird output because the screen is not in 80x25 mode.
>
> So my question is twofold. How can I prevent Mint (or any other
> distro) from doing something silly with the screen resolution? Also
> can we get DOSEMU to error out with some nice error message or
> something when this happens? Or is there some other solution?
You could use dos in X and switch to full screen using ctrl-alt-f.
To configure tty1-tty6 to 80x25, that depends on your graphic card and
is a linux question you should ask someone, who knows your distribution.
Reinhard
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-14 19:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-14 19:15 Using console graphics (-s option) on non-standard resolutions Daren Krive
2011-03-14 19:37 ` Reinhard Karcher [this message]
2011-03-14 19:47 ` Daren Krive
2011-03-15 2:36 ` Raphael
2011-03-15 8:19 ` Xavier Tarifa
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