[plug] Console size control

[Mike Holland]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Matt Kemner wrote:

> > May I be informed as to which program/ setting controls the rows and columns
> > of the system console. That is to say when this system boots it starts in
> >  80 x 25 lines and changes to 50 somthing lines, this is good and I would 
> > like to change my system at home.
> 
> You will probably want to look at either svgatextmode (there is a debian

I think all he needs is an entry in lilo.conf.
Try adding a line "vga=extended", then re-run lilo.
And of course, you'll need to reboot for it to take effect :)


Mike Holland <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
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