From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Raphael Subject: Re: Using console graphics (-s option) on non-standard resolutions Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:36:56 -0400 Message-ID: <4D7ED0C8.5010302@nyc.rr.com> References: <4D7E6E62.4040509@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format="flowed" To: Daren Krive , linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org I'm not sure if I understand your problem, however I seem to remember=20 that tweaking this part of .dosemurc > # name of the X font that is used (e.g. "vga") default =3D "" (bitmap= fonts) > > $_X_font =3D "vga11x19" > # $_X_font =3D "vga10x20" > # $_X_font =3D "vga14x30" > # $_X_font =3D "vga" was a help to me getting the right fullscreen font. as you can see, I=20 tried a number of different values before coming up with something I=20 liked. I also seem to remember that there was a way to add fonts to the= =20 X window, but it was pretty arcane (and very few of them proved useful=20 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 wrote: >> Am 14.03.2011 20:15, schrieb Daren Krive: >>> However all these newer distros change the resolution of the consol= e >>> (tty1 =96 tty6) to something much higher than the standard 80x25 an= d >>> even change the font. Apparently most people *like* this but I pre= fer >>> to have a standard console. If I need more space for a Linux sessi= on >>> 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 =93-s=94 optio= n. >>> >>> If I run DOSEMU with the s- option I get some blue text very briefl= y >>> 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 machin= e >>> (ouch). Running DOSEMU without the =96s options works fine but giv= es >>> 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? Als= o >>> 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 a= nd 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 thi= s > (standard resolution on the console) among DOSEMU users. > > Daren > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos= " in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html