Changing terminal font size

rose_bud4201 · 05-25-2005, 10:23 AM

Hi all,
I boot into text mode rather than straight into X, and since I've reinstalled Slack 10 the font size has been _huge_. I know it wasn't so in Slack 9, but obviously that system is gone so I can't compare config files and such.

To help control font size when X is running, I've edited /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and added "-dpi 96 vt7" to the line reading
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X

but that's not going to help things before X starts. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do in this situation?

(...as an extra question...what's the "vt7" doing there??)

Thanks!

oneandoneis2 · 05-25-2005, 10:37 AM

At a guess, I'd say you've lost framebuffer support. Either you didn't put it into your kernel, or you didn't put it into your bootloader options.

rose_bud4201 · 05-25-2005, 12:14 PM

Hmm...if it could be a bootloader problem, I did keep my old lilo.conf from the previous installation:

Old:

Code:

# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
boot = /dev/hda
#compact        # faster, but won't work on all systems.
prompt
timeout = 300
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773
## Whole bunch of vga options commented out here...###

image = /boot/vmlinuz
  root = /dev/hda1
  label = Slackware
  append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi"
  read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for checking

New:

Code:

boot=/dev/hda
prompt
timeout = 300
vga=normal

image=/boot/vmlinuz
  root=/dev/hda1
  append="hdc=ide-scsi"
  label=Slackware
  read-only

possibly the vga=773 vs vga=normal?

oneandoneis2 · 05-26-2005, 02:43 AM

Yep - the 773 is a cue to tell your framebuffer to adopt a 1024x768 resolution, which is much higher than the default. Change the setting, and you should be back to normal on the console front

rose_bud4201 · 05-26-2005, 08:17 AM

W00t. Thanks!