Rather than using extended vga, use a utility called svgatextmode (or stm for short). It let's you resize the screen, possibly all the way up to a 200x81 screen. In short, if you don't care about whether anyone can see it, do: stm -v 200x81x9 Otherwise, you'll have to take a look at the config file to see what cards support what. --- Life is either tragedy or comedy. Usually it's your choice. You can whine or you can laugh. --Animorphs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:21 AM Subject: Getting More on the Screen > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I tried to get a 50 line display by putting the option > vga = extended > on my lilo boot parms but I still get only 25 lines on my actual > screen. The kernel boot messages show an 80.50 display but > still... This has happened on two different machines of mine and one > of them is brand new. Do I need to change anything else to get this > to work such as terminfo entries or tset commands? > > Thanks for any help. > - -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFBRtQqWSjv55S0LfERAiJyAJ9VFur8cypPygH5LDdPJX+gFjhqQQCfTzGM > zdxE3CXJot2F5i9OUOEeOqQ= > =4cjc > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
