Change resolution in tty mode

Tachtory · 01-03-2014, 03:43 AM

Been trying to change the resolution of the tty mode (installed slackware 14 with no desktop packages).

I can select a resolution in lilo, or set in lilo.conf but it only seems to take effect initially, then halfway through the system coming online the resolution switches to what I think is the native 1280x1024. This is a bit small for how far back from the monitor I am currently, so I would like to either use a larger font or somehow lower the resolutoin (800x600 or 640x480).

Didier Spaier · 01-03-2014, 03:59 AM

I'd suggest you try a Terminus font, see this post.

For your information, the change of resolution occurs when your video device is claimed and taken over by a frame buffer driver, instead of the VGA driver initially used during boot sequence.

Tachtory · 01-03-2014, 04:18 AM

Ah thanks this is exactly what I needed to do.

What are the differences between d,g,u,v versions of the same font size (d20b, g20b, u20b, v20b look all the same to me)

Didier Spaier · 01-03-2014, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tachtory

What are the differences between d,g,u,v versions of the same font size (d20b, g20b, u20b, v20b look all the same to me)

They don't include the same glyphs:

Code:

names    mappings                covered codepage(s)

ter-1*    iso01, iso15, cp1252    ISO8859-1, ISO8859-15, Windows-1252
ter-2*    iso02, cp1250            ISO8859-2, Windows-1250
ter-7*    iso07, cp1253            ISO8859-7, Windows-1253
ter-9*    iso09, cp1254            ISO8859-9, Windows-1254
ter-c*    cp1251, iso05            Windows-1251, ISO8859-5
ter-d*    iso13, cp1257            ISO8859-13, Windows-1257
ter-g*    iso16                    ISO8859-16
ter-i*    cp437                    IBM-437
ter-k*    koi8r                    KOI8-R
ter-m*    mik                        Bulgarian-MIK
ter-p*    pt154                    Paratype-PT154
ter-u*    koi8u                    KOI8-U
ter-v*    all listed above        all listed above and many others (about 110
                                and many others language sets), 8 foreground colors

names    style

ter-*n    normal
ter-*b    bold
ter-*f    framebuffer-bold

But you didn't notice that as all include the ASCII character set that you are using