On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 08:12:45AM +0100, Jurriaan wrote:
> From: Camilo A. Reyes <camilo@leamonde.no-ip.org>
> Date: Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 04:42:06PM -0600
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > Just a question about displaying the console in 80x50 lines instead of 80x30. I have enabled frame buffer but as of now its doing only 80x30.
> 
> The combination of resolution and font you use allows you to get 80x30.
> 
> Try google, or read more in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/
> 
> Good luck,
> Jurriaan
> -- 
> "You so much as flutter in his direction again," growled Fisher, "and
> they'll be using what's left of you for a pipe cleaner."
> The faerie winced. "Do you think you could be a little less premenstrual
> about this, darling?"
> 	Simon R Green - Beyond the Blue Moon
> Debian (Unstable) GNU/Linux 2.6.9-mm1 2x6078 bogomips load 0.40

True, but one of the issues I have is when I choose 8x8 built in character
fonts it comes up 80x50 at the begining of the bootup process, (with a
nice penguin logo too :-D) but then as the system begins to run its services
and mounting its drives it switches back to good old 80x30. :-(
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