On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Adam Klein wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 11:56:19AM +1300, Tim Thomson wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there a way to change the text video mode (say, from 80x25 to 80x50), > > on the fly? > > I prefer 80x25 for most things but it would be handy to change the > > resolution for somethings - without rebooting! > > The resizecons program in the kbd package does this.
Also look at the svgatextmode package. Svgatextmode can resize your text screen in a very flexible way and is highly configurable. I use it to set the console to 116x51 at 69 Hz, using 16x9-pixel characters. Remco -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .