Bug#594817: console-setup should configure the width&height of the console

[Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>]

Hello,

Here is a patch proposition.

Samuel

Index: setupcon
===================================================================
--- setupcon	(révision 64607)
+++ setupcon	(copie de travail)
@@ -318,6 +318,18 @@
 	    fi	    
 	done
     fi
+
+    STTY=""
+    [ -z "$SCREEN_WIDTH"  ] || STTY="$STTY cols $SCREEN_WIDTH"
+    [ -z "$SCREEN_HEIGHT" ] || STTY="$STTY rows $SCREEN_HEIGHT"
+
+    if [ -n "$STTY" ]
+    then
+	for console in $ACTIVE_CONSOLES; do
+	    [ -r $console ] || continue
+	    stty $STTY < $console
+	done
+    fi
 fi
 
 #-----------------------#
Index: config
===================================================================
--- config	(révision 64607)
+++ config	(copie de travail)
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@
 # FONT_MAP=/usr/share/consoletrans/lat9u.uni
 # CONSOLE_MAP=/usr/local/share/consoletrans/my_special_encoding.acm
 
+# You can also specify a screen size that setupcon will enforce.  This can not
+# exceed what the current screen resolution can display according to the size of
+# the loaded font.
+#
+# SCREEN_WIDTH=80
+# SCREEN_HEIGHT=25