-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/22/2010 08:37 AM, David Liguori wrote: > I prefer to boot in non-graphical mode then load the Xwindow system, or > not, as desired. To this end I set my default runlevel to 3 and delete > the option "rhgb quiet" in grub.conf, as is well documented. In past > releases the startup messages would change from 80 to 132 columns early > on (no doubt in preparation for displaying them in a graphical window > during startup if you choose that option) , but the shell prompt in the > end was back to 80 columns. In F13, though, it remains small. This is > hard on my eyes. How do I get back to an 80-column shell? > > My searches on this topic have been surprisingly unproductive. I either > get hits on changing the xterm display, which is a whole other thing, or > passing a vga option to the kernel. The latter can't be right because > the change is *after* Grub passes control to the kernel. I tried this > and, indeed, it still changes to a small font during start-up. > > "stty cols 80" does not seem to work. In any case, I'd prefer to find > where it changes to a small font in the first place and stop it. > > David > Something else that might be tried is adding 'vga=ask' to the kernel boot line, and then trying various modes until you find one that fits for you, then setting 'vga=<mode>' THere are a couple standard ones (including 80 column mode), but it also allows you to set the vesafb to any resolution that fits for you. - -- Stephen Gallagher RHCE 804006346421761 Delivering value year after year. Red Hat ranks #1 in value among software vendors. http://www.redhat.com/promo/vendor/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxISksACgkQeiVVYja6o6OjZACeKqPTEJXQ+Hv42eUoivkp+zjU 0bMAoJ6hCmc2BsJ75lOqRlYzdPaouMBI =1KD6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
