On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:43:05 +0000 Ken Gillett <ken@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Using stty as suggested just seems to change the rows and columns of > a 'virtual' screen, not what is actually visible. It certainly does > something though as it affects paging in programs like less. > > Does the screen resolution need changing too? > > I've never achieved a change in the 'size' of the text console (i.e. > > visible rows and columns), it does appear to be incredibly > complicated for such a simple task. Isn't there a definitive guide > somewhere, a HowTo? > > > On 27 Nov 2003, at 08:00, Tom Pollerman wrote: > > > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:12:30 -0800 > > "Tom Klem" <thewiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> TERM=cygwin on both. > >> > >> I appreciate your answer. Speaking of terminals, is there a > >command > to set the rows and columns from the system console. I > >would like to > be able to see 43 lines on my Ctrl-Alt-(1-6) text > >consoles at the > computer. > >> > >> Maybe the colors are related to something in that particular > >command > set. Any ideas where I could look or how to do an 80 x 43 > >text > console at the computer. > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Tom Klem > >> > >> > >> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >> > >> On 11/27/2003 at 10:24 AM Cameron Simpson wrote: > >> > >>> On 11:07 26 Nov 2003, Tom Klem <thewiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> | I was wondering why in RH7.3 when I log in using ssh, I can > >see >> colors > >>> which represent the different file types, but ssh into RH9.0 I > >only >> get > >>> black and white. > >>> | Is there a command to enable the colors in RH9 or a bash > >variable?>> > >>> I would guess that your $TERM envvar is different. Colours > >require>> escape sequences, and if the shell doesn't believe you're > >on a >> terminal > >>> that understands them it doesn't set them up. > >>> > >>> Compare $TERM on the rh73 and rh9 boxes. > >>> -- > >>> Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 > >>> http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ > >>> > > > > Tom, > > > > /bin/stty rows N cols N > > > > (where N is a number) can set the rows and columns of the > > current > > console. > > 'man stty' for more info. > > > > /bin/stty size > > > > will give you your current terminal settings. > > > > /usr/bin/tput longname > > > > will give you the 'name' of the terminal being used, as defined > > in > > the /usr/share/terminfo/*/* database. Also see: /etc/termcap. > > > > The file: /etc/termcap can be edited. Find the entry for your > > $TERM. > > As always, make a backup of the current /etc/termcap, and a 'man > > termcap' and 'man terminfo' would be useful. > > > > > > Best, > > > > Tom > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > Ken G i l l e t t > Ken, I've never 'played' with console resolutions. I just happened to be reading about the stty command when Tom's original post came up. That lead me to the "terminfo" and "termcap" information. There used to be a 'resize' command, but it seems to have been obsoleted by the SVGATextMode program. On my RH 7 machine : /usr/share/doc/SVGATextMode-1.9 for more documentation. Also 'man SVGATextMode' would be useful. >From the 'man': DESCRIPTION SVGATextMode provides a means to seriously enhance the looks of your Linux text consoles, by re-programming the (S)VGA hardware. It uses a configuration file similar to the one the XFree86 X-windows server uses (Xconfig or XF86Config) to set up better looking textmodes. (=higher resolution, larger font size, higher display refresh...). Cheers, Tom -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
