default console size

[andysimmons]

I just installed RedHat 7.3 yesterday (my first attempt with linux) and I'd like to make the console bigger. I have my monitor resolution set to 1600x1200, and it looks like the window only opens up at about 640x480, which is too small. I don't want it to go full screen by default, just a little bigger...anyone know what to do? I'm using gnome and bash...not sure if that makes a difference or not. thanks

[Wallex]

What console are you talking about? You mean the one that opens up while you are in the gui? Or the one outside the gui?
If you mean the normal console, the one outside of the gui (theone you get with alt+ctrl F1-F8 from the gui), then I have no idea how to set the resolution if it.
If you mean the console from inside the GUI, (konsole, xterm, aterm, bterm, etc), then there should be a configuration file for it. What's the name of the bash you are using? I use aterm, and when I read 'man aterm', I find somewhere in there that it reads it's configuration from ~/.Xdefaults or ~/.Xresources, and in there you can read a line that says 'geometry'. here you define the size of the console... but maybe that's not it. You want to change the font? There's an entry in that same file for setting up the font. Altough I am not sure it'll change much.. the console is supposed to use a fixed-sized font, well, just play with that and see what happens.

[andysimmons]

Yep I was talking about the one in the gui. It was set to use xterm by default, but I changed it to aterm, and then did what you said. I found two lines that said "geometry" and played around with those but couldn't tell a difference no matter how large I made the numbers. Any other ideas? Thanks for the help.

[AdaHacker]

Proper usage:
aterm -geometry 800x600+0+0
This will make a 800x600 aterm window with the upper left corner at coordinate (0,0), i.e. the upper left corner of the screen. I wouldn't put the geometry in ~/.Xdefaults, since this is the kind of thing you usually change on a daily basis.

[andysimmons]

Thanks! That worked perfectly.