default framebuffer

default framebuffer

[Russell Whitaker]

Trying out kernel 3.2.13

When it boots, it starts out with 80x25 screen.
Then the framebuffer kicks in and I get a 60 line screen.

My eye-sight is not so good anymore, so I need a magnifing glass to read 
that small print.

What should I do to keep the screen at 80x25?

Thank you for your help
    Russ

Re: default framebuffer

[Nick Bowler]

Hi Russell,

On 2012-04-15 21:37 -0700, Russell Whitaker wrote:
> Trying out kernel 3.2.13
> 
> When it boots, it starts out with 80x25 screen.
> Then the framebuffer kicks in and I get a 60 line screen.
> 
> My eye-sight is not so good anymore, so I need a magnifing glass to read 
> that small print.
> 
> What should I do to keep the screen at 80x25?

Load a bigger console font.  For example, the Terminus font package
http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/ includes some nice console fonts
in a variety of sizes.  Try

  setfont ter-132b

to start.  Your distribution probably provides a convenient way to set
the console font at boot.

Hope that helps,
-- 
Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)

Re: default framebuffer

[Ken Moffat]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:04:43AM -0400, Nick Bowler wrote:
> Hi Russell,
> 
> On 2012-04-15 21:37 -0700, Russell Whitaker wrote:
> > 
> > What should I do to keep the screen at 80x25?
> 
> Load a bigger console font.  For example, the Terminus font package
> http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/ includes some nice console fonts
> in a variety of sizes.  Try
> 
>   setfont ter-132b
> 
> to start.  Your distribution probably provides a convenient way to set
> the console font at boot.
> 
> Hope that helps,

 Alternatively, add video=something to the commandline in your
bootloader.  I've got a 1600x1200 screen.  On some machines I use my
12x22 font, on the others I use my 8x16 font with video=1024x768 ¹
Oh, and on my netbook I use the 12x22 for something like 95x30.  But
I also guess that exactly 80x25 is not necessarily critical,
provided the characters are legible.

 I've no idea which video= values work, and I'm using a lot more
than 80x25, but perhaps video=800x600 or video=640x480 (assuming, of
course, that you have a 4:3 screen and not the now-common 16:10)
with a small font will be in the right area.

¹ LatGrkCyr - they are in kbd as of 1.15.3, but there's no telling
whether you will like it - people using a light background almost
certainly will hate it.

ken
-- 
das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce

Re: default framebuffer

[Russell Whitaker]

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On Mon, 16 Apr 2012, Ken Moffat wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:04:43AM -0400, Nick Bowler wrote:
>> Hi Russell,
>>
>> On 2012-04-15 21:37 -0700, Russell Whitaker wrote:
>>>
>>> What should I do to keep the screen at 80x25?
>>
>> Load a bigger console font.  For example, the Terminus font package
>> http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/ includes some nice console fonts
>> in a variety of sizes.  Try
>>
>>   setfont ter-132b
>>
>> to start.  Your distribution probably provides a convenient way to set
>> the console font at boot.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>
> Alternatively, add video=something to the commandline in your
> bootloader.  I've got a 1600x1200 screen.  On some machines I use my
> 12x22 font, on the others I use my 8x16 font with video=1024x768 ¹
> Oh, and on my netbook I use the 12x22 for something like 95x30.  But
> I also guess that exactly 80x25 is not necessarily critical,
> provided the characters are legible.
>
> I've no idea which video= values work, and I'm using a lot more
> than 80x25, but perhaps video=800x600 or video=640x480 (assuming, of
> course, that you have a 4:3 screen and not the now-common 16:10)
> with a small font will be in the right area.

Just now put video=640x480 in grub's menu.lst and I got a 80x30 screen.
That's satisfactory, howeber will also try the larger font suggestion, 
too.

Thanks guys
    Russ
>
> ¹ LatGrkCyr - they are in kbd as of 1.15.3, but there's no telling
> whether you will like it - people using a light background almost
> certainly will hate it.
>
> ken
> -- 
> das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce
>