trying to decrease resolution of tty terminal
On a Lenovo T480s laptop (intel graphics) and slackware64-current
the fonts are way too tiny on the tty terminals. I've been trying to decrease the resolution in the console with this boot option Code:
vga=791 video=vesafb:ywrap.mtrr:3 In the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf-vesa I tried to set the DefaultDepth to 16, instead of 24 Code:
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I think you can do this by setting your resolution in /etc/default/grub and another parameter where grub tells linux to keep it... so if no better advice is posted, search for grub tutorials or start playing with that config file...
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I boot with refind installed in a dedicated partition. |
You could trying keeping the resolution but enlarging your font size. Try adding this to your kernel boot line...
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fbcon=font:TER16x32 Code:
1. fbcon=font:<name> |
i had the very same issue with the 4K screen on a Dell laptop. you may manually change the font for the time being till you found the right boot parameters. see here my previous post about another post in the same matter :
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...8/#post6279828 |
On my 4K screen I boot with this kernel parameter:
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aha - most helpful - thank you, vielen Dank, Patrick !
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As suggested by P.V. I tried this
in my boot option I added Code:
video=1368x768@60 and my /etc/rc.d/rc.font contains these lines Code:
#setfont -v ter-v18b.psf.gz So I logged in in the dark. Then I Ctrl-L to clear the screen. The tty2 is ok. I can log in (as an ordinary user). I opened a graphic session. But when I logged out of xfce, I got the same problem as in tty1. However this time I could clear the screen and see what I was typing. Thank you all for your input. I'll try to play with other resolutions (I tried a greater one, that didn't solve the problem). So I won't mark this as solved yet. |
Tried another config
Relevant excerpts from dmesg: Code:
Kernel command line: video=1440x810@120 root=/dev/nvme0n1p4 ro I still have the same problem. The previous dmesg differs from this one only in the line 'Kernel command line:' I have two more resolutions to try: 1600x900@120 and 1920x1080@60 |
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The Arch wiki has a suggestion for checking framebuffer resolutions. |
I am going to mark this as solved.
Now I can see the entire screen and the reading is comfortable. This time I picked the highest resolution available (which was the default when I first launched startx). I increased the console font size. So in my kernel boot option now I have Code:
video=1920x1080@ Code:
# grep -v '#' /etc/rc.d/rc.font the video option is necessary. Changing the font size should be enough. That's going to be my next test. Quote:
the kernel kicks in it switches to another framebuffer. |
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Yup, I guessed right.
No need to enter the video option. Just the selection of another font fixes the problem. Again I'd like to thank all of those who answered my request, and especially Patrick for pointing me in the right direction. |
Use fbterm. You will get a font as wide as you want.
I used it in the installer of Slint64-14.1 when possible (checked using checkfb from Sébastien Ballet aka phenixia2003, shipped alongside the SlackBuild), computing the font size to be the biggest that provide at least 27 rows and 88 columns so that the whole dialog boxes be displayed. |
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Right now the font is big enough, I could still increase the size as my current rc.font shows Code:
... also these fonts present: ter-v18n.psf.gz ... Still, it's a bit thin and I wonder how the 'normal' version would look like. |
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