display properties in console

[akshat]

hi all,
i have a fedora core 2 machine and a debian one (installed from knoppix cd). when i go to console using Alt+f1...f6 the text size in debian is different than what i get in fedora. it is smaller and neater. how can i get that in fedora.
thanks in advance

[dr_te_z]

Lilo or Grub? Examine the boot parms of both and you might see the answer there. Tip: the keyword = vga.
If not: please post them.

[akshat]

both the installation are on different machines. fedora uses grub while debian uses lilo. thanx for the direction. i'll look up the vga part

[akshat]

ok so i checked it up. first line in lilo.conf said vga=791

so i took a shot and put vga=791 as the first line in grub.conf

didnt work out though :(

so what do i do now...

[akshat]

any clues .... :confused:

[bosox79]

just to make sure I am understanding what font you want to change are you wanting to do what is described here? http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62809&highlight=Change+font+size+in+a+konsole

[akshat]

no thats not what i was refering to. i am talking about the console we get outside of gui as i had mentioned earlier

when i go to console using Alt+f1...f6

try booting from knoppix cd, u'll see that the text-mode console fonts are smaller. like the one u'll get on windows xp cmd-promt on going full screen with (alt+enter)

just looks neater and u see more information on one screen at a time.

[akshat]

ok so i googled alot and i found this

Hi...

I'm currently running both Redhat 9 on my laptop (Toshiba Tecra 8000).. video card is NeoMagic 256..
However.. the if i'm not running xserver - i.e. on the console (the one that appears when u press ALT-F1 to F6)... the size of the console is not as big as the one that Knoppix have.

errr... after I read what I wrote above... it might not make any sense....
let me try to write it again...
the console on Redhat does not fill the whole screen (only small portion in the middle - the remaining is filled with black)...
while the console on Knoppix fill the whole screen... which is what I want..

How do I achieve this?

Also I notice that the fonts on Knoppix' console is much nicer...
How do I do this as well?


THanks a lot for ur help!!!

Best regards...


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The virtual consoles are tty's, and numbered from 0-5 usually. There are
different tty's available. Most people use getty, some use fbgetty
(which IIRC is what knoppix uses) and a few others, mingetty the list
goes on.
fbgetty runs in a Frame Buffer, which is why you get tux in the corner etc.

If you have a look in /etc/inittab, and search for tty, you can easily
see which one you are using. Each is configured differently however, so
you will have to reply with more info.



Hello....thanks for the reply..
here is a quick list of my /etc/inittab file

#Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6

I also do ls *tty* at /sbin
and the only other thing found beside mingetty is agetty
hmm.. if Knoppix use fbgetty.. how do I install it? is it just a normal rpm -ivh thing?
if I have installed it, how do i use it @ /etc/inittab?

Thanks a lot...



ok..
i've compiled fbgetty... and can run it..
but the display is still the same as that of mingetty
do i need to run with -f option to get what Knoppix
does?
If so.. what framebuffer device do i need to use?

Thanks a lot!!

and the the thread died. i hope i have been able to explain what i wanna do.

any help would be much appreciated

thanx

[akshat]

so any way of doing this ... :confused:

[bosox79]

that is strange that vha=791 did'nt do what you wanted
have a look here http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwboard/forum/26344.html
if you want to test out diffrent resoluations and font sizes try. this a quick way to test out some screen resolutions, at your lilo/grub prompt type:
linux vga=ask

HTH

[akshat]

i got it working folks !!!
thanks to all

JL is a wonderful place to be :D

[happybunny]

how did if finally work?

did you add vga=791 on the kernel line in grub?

[akshat]

initially i had just added vga=791 to the top of grub.conf (like in lolo.conf) but i saw a sample grub.conf file on the link bosox79 provided and i realised i had to pass this argument to the kernel instead ;)

[bosox79]

your welcome akshat, I am glad you got it to work:)