Re: Using console graphics (-s option) on non-standard resolutions

[Raphael <rtennenbaum@nyc.rr.com>]

I'm not sure if I understand your problem, however I seem to remember 
that tweaking this part of .dosemurc

> # name of the X font that is used (e.g. "vga") default = "" (bitmap fonts)
>
> $_X_font = "vga11x19"
> # $_X_font = "vga10x20"
> # $_X_font = "vga14x30"
> # $_X_font = "vga"

was a help to me getting the right fullscreen font. as you can see, I 
tried a number of different values before coming up with something I 
liked. I also seem to remember that there was a way to add fonts to the 
X window, but it was pretty arcane (and very few of them proved useful 
if I remember correctly.)

-RT


On 03/14/2011 03:47 PM, Daren Krive wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Reinhard Karcher<karcher1234@gmx.net>  wrote:
>> 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
> Hi Reinhard,
>
> I do use the Ctrl+Alt+F feature most of the time.  However the fonts
> do not look nearly as good as they do on a native console.  It works
> but it isn't the ideal scenario.
>
> I was hoping there would be a larger number of people looking for this
> (standard resolution on the console) among DOSEMU users.
>
> Daren
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