-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thank you! Thank you! It was the font! I just disabled rc.font and I have a 50 line display with no other changes. I'll have to go out and experiment with Chuck's value and see if I can really squint to see the screen:). Actually, char size is totally moot to me since I use speech exclusively. On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 11:41:32PM -0600, Kenny Hitt wrote: > Hi. Don't know about Slackware, but you can have this problem in Debian > because of the console font loaded during boot. You might want to check > your startup scripts and see if you are loading a font. > > Hope this helps. > Kenny > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 10:17:52PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > > Well, using extended works for me while the stuff is being loaded. I > > can press the numpad-period and speakup speaks "line 50 col 1 tty1" > > but right about the time the rc.d scripts finish up their thing, It > > reverts back to saying "line 25...". That's why I think something is > > getting in the way later on after the boot sequence. > > > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 01:35:59PM -0800, Ralph W. Reid wrote: > > > I tried 'vga = extended' in Slackware 9.0 with disappointing results. > > > Using 'vga=ask' at the 'boot' prompt should present a menu of choices > > > for video modes which work with your hardware, but this all happens > > > before any speech support is loaded. I found by making some guesses > > > that modes in the range 0 through 9 or so worked with my > > > hardware--your system may offer different selections. After trying > > > all of the modes which let the system boot (the system simply returned > > > to the menu when I tried an out-of-range value), I settled on mode 8, > > > which on my hardware provides 132X43 columns and rows. I then put > > > this value in /etc/lilo.conf and ran `lilo` to make the value the > > > default at future boot times. HTH, and have a _great_ day! > > > > -- > > HolmesGrown Solutions > > The best solutions for the best price! > > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBk3C/WSjv55S0LfERAmFYAJ0eysnle4UJQkdAWcerGr3Vh/SjpQCeLCK0 8AGEJ+qETczmGyU0sHVmOpM= =XyBB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
