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Re: console rows/cols -- configurable?



On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 10:38:04PM -0500, Allan Streib wrote:
> I'm setting up a PowerMac 6500.  Since it only has 32MB RAM I am not going
> to run X Windows, but instead plan to use it as a light duty server.  I
> previously had LinuxPPC 2000 Q4 running on this box and since that distro
> is no longer maintained am rebuilding it with Debian.
> 
> I did notice that LinuxPPC or maybe just that kernel (2.2.something) gave
> me a console that was bigger than 80x25, probably closer to 120x40 or so.
> I'd like to get that again, can anyone tell me if that is a setting I can
> change.  Many thanks,
> 
> Allan

Out of my league here, but on my box in dmesg I see that it starts out
at 80x24 but when the framebuffer (aty128fb) loads, it switches to a 
clolour frame buffer device 128x48.

I believe that stty can be used to set it after startup.

-- 
"The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what 
we should do with software engineers. They put the designer 
under the bridge, and then they marched over it." 
-- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003



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