Re: number of lines on console

On 6/6/24 9:02 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Samuel Sieb composed on 2024-06-06 20:53 (UTC-0700): Felix Miata wrote: could help you get that started. /etc/grub.d/40_custom and 41_custom are designed f

Re: number of lines on console

Samuel Sieb composed on 2024-06-06 20:53 (UTC-0700): > Felix Miata wrote: >> >> could help you get that started. /etc/grub.d/40_custom and 41_custom are >> designed >> for custom stanza creations. I

Re: number of lines on console

On 6/6/24 8:45 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Greg Woods composed on 2024-06-06T20:55 (UTC-0600): Samuel Sieb wrote: You could add an extra entry to the boot menu. That's a thought. Of course one of the reasons I wanted to learn more about the boot process is that it has changed so much since I w

Re: number of lines on console

Greg Woods composed on 2024-06-06T20:55 (UTC-0600): > Samuel Sieb wrote: >> You could add an extra entry to the boot menu. > That's a thought. Of course one of the reasons I wanted to learn more about > the boot process is that it has changed so much since I was working as a > sysadmin, now that

Re: number of lines on console

Greg Woods composed on 2024-06-06 18:00 (UTC-0600): > So I have verified that if I boot the Fedora USB stick on my desktop using > the same monitor, the problem does not occur, and if I boot the stick on > the laptop without the dock and with the lid open, aside from the fact that > the text is to

Re: number of lines on console

On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 8:24 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > You could add an extra entry to the boot menu. > That's a thought. Of course one of the reasons I wanted to learn more about the boot process is that it has changed so much since I was working as a sysadmin, now that I'm retired I haven't k

Re: number of lines on console

On 6/6/24 6:29 PM, Greg Woods wrote: On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 7:06 PM Samuel Sieb > wrote: You could edit the grub entry on the USB stick from another computer to add those options. Yes I could. But the point of having the stick is to be able to boot from it on any

Re: number of lines on console

On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 7:06 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 6/6/24 5:00 PM, Greg Woods wrote: > > I hve kernel command line parameters > (vconsole.font=latarcyrheb-sun32.psfu.gz > > SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun32.psfu.gz) that make the booting text larger so > > I can read it, and the problem also does no

Re: number of lines on console

On 6/6/24 5:00 PM, Greg Woods wrote: rather than from the stick, I have kernel command line parameters (vconsole.font=latarcyrheb-sun32.psfu.gz SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun32.psfu.gz) that make the booting text larger so I can read it, and the problem also does not occur.  It also makes the font la

Re: number of lines on console

On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 2:11 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > > The problem is that when it is booting, > the latest console messages are off the bottom of the screen so that I > > can't see what it's doing (this is on a standard 1920x1080 HD monitor in > > this case). If the boot hangs, then of course th

Re: number of lines on console

On 6/6/24 9:00 AM, Greg Woods wrote: I've spent about an hour searching without finding an answer. Is there any way from the kernel command line (i.e. by editing the GRUB entry) to control the number of lines on the console? I installed Fedora 39 on a USB stick so that I can use it to boot othe

Re: number of lines on console

On 6/6/24 09:00, Greg Woods wrote: on a standard 1920x1080 HD monitor in this case). If the boot hangs, then of course the last few messages are the crucial ones to see. Once the machine is booted, of course, then I can log in and use tools such as "stty" to set the number of rows and cure this

Re: number of lines on console

Greg Woods composed on 2024-06-06 11:26 (UTC-0600): > Michal Schorm wrote: > If the Full HD resolution isn't working well in your setup, you may >> try to force a lower resolution by trying out 'video=1024x768' or >> 'vga=0x318' kernel parameters. > I have tried a couple of different vga values

Re: number of lines on console

On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 10:12 AM Michal Schorm wrote: > > > The problem is that when it is booting, the latest console messages are > off the bottom of the screen so that I can't see what it's doing > > How does that look exactly? I mean how are you sure there are some > more lines you can't see ?

Re: number of lines on console

Hi, > The problem is that when it is booting, the latest console messages are off > the bottom of the screen so that I can't see what it's doing How does that look exactly? I mean how are you sure there are some more lines you can't see ? Do you see the last line like a cut in half suggesting th

number of lines on console

I've spent about an hour searching without finding an answer. Is there any way from the kernel command line (i.e. by editing the GRUB entry) to control the number of lines on the console? I installed Fedora 39 on a USB stick so that I can use it to boot other computers to diagnose problems with the