Hi Dan,
I don't know the kernel parameters that are used now. But you may want to
check out a program called SVGATextMode. There are rpms at rpmfind.org.
It may or may not be of any use, but is certainly more powerful.
Have fun,
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Thursday, July 20, 2000, 7:18:16 AM, you wrote:
DH> Hi - as you can probably tell by the way I'm not really making much
DH> sense in the subject line I'm not too sure where to start here..
DH> basically I used to have my lilo.conf file with a line:
DH> vga=9 in it which caused my console windows to have a nice small font
DH> and wide cols - since I upgraded (can't remember exactly when) this
DH> trick doesn't seem to be working any more and I'm stuck with 80 x 30
DH> screens.
DH> How can I change the screen resolution (character size / number of
DH> rows & cols) at times other than boot? How can I see what modes are
DH> available. Note I'm not talking about X-Windows stuff here - just the
DH> plain old text (init 3) mode.
DH> thanks in advance for any help, or pointer as to where to start RTFM!
DH> cheers, dan.
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