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Old 11-11-2007, 04:53 PM   #1
bobby_hawk
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console session very large text font


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

Last edited by bobby_hawk; 11-19-2007 at 06:34 PM.
 
Old 11-11-2007, 10:16 PM   #2
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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
 
Old 11-13-2007, 07:57 PM   #3
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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

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Old 11-15-2007, 03:13 AM   #4
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RE: very large text font

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.
 
Old 11-15-2007, 07:15 PM   #5
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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
 
Old 11-15-2007, 07:27 PM   #6
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you can just run $sudo kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst
 
Old 11-18-2007, 07:10 AM   #7
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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
 
Old 11-19-2007, 08:23 PM   #8
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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
 
Old 11-26-2007, 04:44 PM   #9
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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
 
Old 12-16-2007, 03:49 PM   #10
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Removed. I did a mistake before. Sorry for this. Now it works for me.

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