Re: Bug#594817: console-setup should configure the width&height of the console
Gaijin, le Sun 29 Aug 2010 14:15:20 -0700, a écrit :
> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 09:08:05PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > What do you think?
>
> I agree there should be a way to adjust screen size, but am
> wondering whether it should be handled in the new and relatively
> undocumented grub2 as well.
Being new and undocumented doesn't help for sure :)
I'm not talking about the actual screen resolution actually. It is
actually a (very) difficult thing since it depends on kernel support
for various VGA devices etc. That question is actually completely
independent from displaying text: if you have a very fine-grain
resolution, just load bigger fonts, and the letters will just look very
fine-printed. Else, load smaller fonts, and it will work too. So it's
really independent. The problem at stake is giving users a very easy
way to choose what basically matters: how many characters there are, and
in particular, being able to get back to 80 columns. The rest (using
finer resolutions, using wider lines) can be left for people who really
feel like tinkering with it. I don't think we should try to get smarter
than them and try to automate e.g. fine resolutions, as it will vary a
lot depending on the hardware.
Samuel
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