On 14/10/16 05:03, J. C. wrote: > I'm new to Arch Linux, but not to Linux as such. I tried to set my > terminal to 800x600 (80chars by 30 lines or there abouts), but without > success. > First reaction, do you actually *want* a smaller framebuffer (that's probably scaled as well) or just bigger text size? If the latter, you can just change the consolefont. > 1. fbset on the commandline. The following error is reported: > $ fbset 800x600-60 > Although the fbset man page says it's outdated, the resolution options are still valid, at least on my Intel framebuffer and Broadcom framebuffer (raspberry pi). Try specifying the resolution with -xres and -yres. Your screen may not scale along with your specified resolution, however, ie the framebuffer may end up displaying on only a portion of your screen. -- Charlie Li Can't think of a witty .sigline today… (This email address is for mailing list use only; replace local-part with vishwin for off-list communication)
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