All,

I'm using Ubuntu 7.10, When I open a console session Ctrl-Alt-F1
I get the console screen but it's in a very large text font.
Is there a way to resize the screen?

Bob

Fixed, I think?
See sample screen shot

Hi, your screenshot link is broken, but it could be to do with the text-mode consoles using a rather low resolution. See the link below for a table of linux VGA modes that you can specify in your GRUB configuration:
http://www.mepis.org/node/2992

Or for an extended list see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BI...o_mode_numbers

Add vga=xxx into the kernel line in your /boot/grub/menu.lst where xxx is the appropriate mode number. To be on the safe side, make a copy of the default boot entry and make the changes there to test in case you set mode that your monitor doesn't support, etc.

HTH

Thanks for the reply.

This is what's in my /boot/grub/menu.lst

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
#defoptions=quiet splash

should I just uncomment this line?
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5

Bob

Pls remove any reference to splash in defoptions in the file /boot/grub/menu.lst

and run update-grub command again. Reboot and the console fonts should be okay this time.

I tried to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
by just commenting out this line.
.. #defoptions=quiet splash

I tried to save the changes but couldn't save the changes.

Do I need to login as root or something?

Bob

you can just run $sudo kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst

I have editing this section of Menu.Lst from within /boot/grub/menu.lst but keep getting the same results. I have rebooted after each edit change.

Default from within Ubuntu 7.10
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

but my console screen still has some kind of giant font.
See Screen Shot

Any new ideas?
Bob

Don't the # mean comment this line?

Default from within Ubuntu 7.10
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

Ok, I forgot to run update-grub...
I ran it...

bhawk@D400:~$ sudo update-grub
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

I did a Ctrl-Alt F2 to get to a console session.
My Login font is huge...
Try the screen shot above? I think I fixed it.

Bob

Hi everyone

I think I know what bobby_hawk is talking about!
I have been using various Ubuntu versions, mainly the server versions. I have never experienced any trouble setting the console screen resolution using the GRUB VGA modes indicated by PsychosisNode... until Ubuntu 7.10 came along.

Either it works and you have a resolution of 640x480 or you change the GRUB VGA mode and you'll get a black screen.

But I think I found the solution to the problem in the Ubuntu Forum Community! Someone there described the same problem and later on in the thread found a solution himself. Here it is (these manipulations need root privileges):

* add vesafb and fbcon to the file /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
* type update-initramfs -u to make the changes effective
* in the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer set a # at the beginning of the line blacklist vesafb to disable it.
* in the file /etc/modules, add vesafb

This solution worked perfectly for me. Others posted positive feedback to the Ubuntu Forum Community as well. That's why I believe this will help you, bobby_hawk, as well.

It seems, that the Ubuntu team disabled the VESA framebuffers by default in 7.10.
Not really amusing if you use the ubuntu-server version or console sessions on a regular basis. :-(


Happy linuxing!
windstrewn

Removed. I did a mistake before. Sorry for this. Now it works for me.