When some one logs into your system from a remote system, the screen parameters will be defined by settings on their remote system--not by the settings you have set up for the console(s) on your system. Setting up your system to work with certain parameters to allow for a specific number of rows and columns on the console screen sets those parameters to work with the video card/controller installed in your system. Remote systems which are used to log into your system are likely to have different video cards/controllers, so the remote system sets the operating parameters for displaying text or whatever. Chances are that you will not have to make any adjustments on your system--just have the person log in from the remote system via ssh (as you described), and everything should work fine. HTH, and have a _great_ day! On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 07:46:48AM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Hi all, > > I have never seen any references to this, but on the chance that someone > has run across it, I would like to ask this: > > Is there a way to have different screen parameters (columns and lines) > on a per user basis in Linux? I have become very attached to my enlarged > screen, 132 by 60, but would like to allow access to a user account via > ssh for someone who will not be comfortable with those dimensions. Is > there any way to revert to an 80 by 25 screen just for that user, or for > that session, without reverting to those figures for the whole system? > > Any ideas or opinions appreciated. Ideas preferred of course, but > opinions welcome too. > > Chuck > > -- > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (90% of Full) > But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > or you could Jabber me, using JID chuckh at hhs48.com > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light! SEC (x) / COSEC (x) = (TAN (x) / COTAN (x)) ^ 2
