[plug] ls in colour & terminal size

[craig at postnewspapers.com.au]

> I should proberly have explained the terminal part better. I want my tty 
> terminal bigger.
Virtual console, or virtual terminal under X? I'm assuming you want your
virtual console bigger, so see "framebuffer" below - you need to set up
framebuffer console to enable resolutions of > 640x480 , either using
graphics-card specific support or the VESAfb module.

> At 20:40 26/06/2002 +0800, you wrote:
> >>Details are in 'man X'
> >or you can be lazy with most window managers and set them up to remember 
> >your usual terminal size.
> >
> >If that's not an option, most apps accept an arg like "-geometry 120x60" 
> >(for a 120x60 col term) though syntax may vary app2app like
> >        --geometry=COLSxROWS
> >        -g COLSxROWS
> >        -geometry=COLSxROWS
> >        --geometry COLSxROWS
> >et etc, see app's -help/-h/--help/-help (*sigh*) for details and/or "man 
> >app"
> >
> >As for framebuffer, VESAfb is easy to set up but many (most?) cards have 
> >buggy VESA support (because windows doesn't have VESA drivers you see 
> >*sigh* only VGA and vendor) so you may or may not find it OK, and it can 
> >sometimes confuse or be confused by an Xserver. Of course some of the 
> >vendor-specific fb modules are worse.
> >
> >If you use a custom kernel, just compile in the appropriate fb options 
> >under the console config, and for vesafb read the docs in 
> >kernelsrc/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt for setup info, it isn't hard.
> >
> >With frame buffer support your virtual consoles can be run at acceptable 
> >resolutions too. Especially important if you have a 19" monitor (mine 
> >draws 640x480 console with each row of pixels separated by 1/2mm or so - 
> >very annoying).

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