Re: Teeny tiny console font after firmware-linux

[Bob Bernstein <bob@fanatick.org>]

On Thu, 21 May 2015, Bob Bernstein wrote:

> On Thu, 21 May 2015, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
>
> > It's probably a good idea to have the firmware packages 
> > installed, I think these are used to handle throttling to make 
> > sure it doesn't overheat.

As can be seen, when we last left Bob he was stuck with an 
impossibly small console font (or, is "terminal font" the 
correct verbiage?). Last night I hurled all caution to the wind 
and revisited this situation. For those keeping score at home, 
this is Jessie, sans systemd, running AMD64.

I discovered and remedied that I only had one of the 
firmware-linux-free/nonfree packages installed. Then I enabled 
framebuffer and began to run dpkg-reconfigure console-setup with 
some success. I now have Terminus2Bold 16x32 to use in my 
console, or terminal, or whatever.

But I want bigger, to accommodate my failing eyes. This leads me 
-- ta da, finally! -- to my _question_:

Will a given font appear smaller or larger if the screen 
resolution is increased or decreased?

To enable framebuffer I set in /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768
and rem'd out
# GRUB_TERMINAL=console

The output of 'hwinfo --framebuffer' suggests I have many other 
larger and smaller resolutions available to me, but I am not one 
to muck around with undue familiarity in those far reaches.

If I _knew_ that the result of setting a lesser resolution, say, 
800x600, would render those Terminus2Bold 16x32 jobbies "bigger" 
on my monitor, I would rally round and charge into it!

Thoughts?

Thanks!


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