Re: Setting text mode in the console

[Wilko Fokken <wfok@arcor.de>]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 11:31:10PM -0000, Cruncher wrote:
> Anybody know whether and how I can set text modes in the console?  I'm running woody, on a Pentium 200 with ATI Mach 64 chipset.  I've installed svgalib, svgatextmode and fbset but I can't see how to change my text mode from 80x25.
> 

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(your mail would be easier to read with lines <= 72 chars.
Using mutt w/ vim: edit to "/usr/share/vim/vim61/syntax/muttrc.vim":

   set textwidth=72
)
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Your /etc/TextConfig (configuring svgatextmode) seems still to have the
default mode "80x25" activated.

Using "svgatextmode" obsoletes any boot parameter for a graphic card,
as "svgatextmode" will substitute it's settings anyway.

Setting up your "chipset" configuration w/in /etc/TextConfig is still up
to you. (Maybe you can get clock settings from SuperProbe.)


(few lines from /etc/TextConfig):
#############################################################################
#
# Optionally define the "default" mode, which will be called when
# SVGATextMode
# is started _without_ a mode definition string.
#
## DefaultMode "80x25"
DefaultMode "100x37x9_SVGA"