Hi, John, My video card evidently works with vga = 15492, so I now have 132 x 60 on the screen. Thanks for the tip. In for a dime, in for a dollar, I guess. I am surprised we can do this stuff without frame buffers enabled. My console output is noticeably more sluggish than with vga = normal, but the added capacity makes it worth it. Each screen now has four times the data it had before. Chuck On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, John covici wrote: > I am not using the frame buffer at all -- if you do, you have to use > the framebuffer commands to control the screen size. Also certain > vga values seem to trigger the frame buffer if it is in the kernel. -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (5% of Full) Home page at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh Speakfreely address 24.105.197.112:2074