Hi,
I am running fully updated Debian Sid with kernel 2.6.7 on a Dell Precision M50 laptop. I would like to modify two annoying system behaviors during boot-up.
1. The pcmcia card beeping is really loud and always evokes evil stares from others in the library, airplan, etc. How do I turn down or shut-off the system volume during bootup? I use xset b off to do this once I'm in X, but how do I control beeps and so forth when in console mode before X?
2. My screen resolution is 1600x1200 but the console mode boots to a puny 80x25 or 80x40 column-row format in the very center of the screen, leaving large un-used margins around the screen. I must often edit in console mode when X fails (e.g., updates break the NVIDIA driver or whatever) so I want to increase the console (text) mode to fill the screen (e.g., to 160x80). How do I alther the text mode screen size?
Thanks in advance, Charlie -- Charlie Zender, [EMAIL PROTECTED], (949) 824-2987, Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine CA 92697-3100
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