80x25 and Greater...

SpEcIeS · 02-05-2005, 01:36 PM

I just installed Debian 3.1 (sarge) the other day, and I am fully pleased.

I would like to know how to change the console mode resolution. Adding vga=# to the menu.lst program changed the mode for the initial boot, but after it returns to the 80x25.

How does the console mode stay at say 80x43 or another mode?

bulliver · 02-05-2005, 02:35 PM

You need to make sure you have a couple options in your kernel, nameley:

CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y <--- important
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FONTS=y

These are all under 'Graphics support' (example from 2.6 kernel).

Now set up 'vga=ask' to menu.lst, and it will give you a list of available resolutions. When you have one you like replace vga=ask with the one you like.

SpEcIeS · 02-05-2005, 09:41 PM

Thank-you.

I will check into that, but I hope that I do not have to do any kernel compiling right now. That is not one of my strong points, however I will have to get to it oneday.

Oh, my system is using kernel 2.6.8.

bulliver · 02-05-2005, 11:24 PM

Try with vga=ask first, you may just be picking a res that it can't handle, or is invalid (so it falls to the default...)

SpEcIeS · 02-07-2005, 11:10 AM

It would seem as though when the system initially boots the font is as selected, but when it reaches the, I think, X font server it resets.

What can I do to fix this? Do I need to install other console fonts?

Thanks for you help.