[opensuse] Text console lines
How do I change the video mode in my text consoles from the normal 80x25 to something more usable, like say 50x132? -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, an Open OS weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 16 April 2007 10:24, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
How do I change the video mode in my text consoles from the normal 80x25 to something more usable, like say 50x132? If you mean your Alt-F1 -- F6 black screen consoles, then you can do that in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Try vga=0x317 as in the following:
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 vga=0x317 selinux=0 resume=/dev/sda3 splash=silent showopts If you mean your konsoles then in konsole click the settings toolbar option size, and then customize---- unless you would like one of the standard selections. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
M Harris wrote:
On Monday 16 April 2007 10:24, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
How do I change the video mode in my text consoles from the normal 80x25 to something more usable, like say 50x132? If you mean your Alt-F1 -- F6 black screen consoles, then you can do that in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Try vga=0x317 as in the following:
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 vga=0x317 selinux=0 resume=/dev/sda3 splash=silent showopts
Yes, I mean my Alt-F? virtual terminals. So I can only change this at boot time? No way to change it once I'm running? -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, an Open OS weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 16 April 2007 09:50, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
M Harris wrote:
On Monday 16 April 2007 10:24, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
How do I change the video mode in my text consoles from the normal 80x25 to something more usable, like say 50x132?
If you mean your Alt-F1 -- F6 black screen consoles, then you can do that in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Try vga=0x317 as in the following:
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 vga=0x317 selinux=0 resume=/dev/sda3 splash=silent showopts
Yes, I mean my Alt-F? virtual terminals. So I can only change this at boot time? No way to change it once I'm running?
No, that's not true, you can change it on-the-fly. % man fbset (Use with care--you are, of necessity, modifying video hardware parameters.)
-- Jonathan Arnold
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On Monday 16 April 2007 09:50, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
M Harris wrote:
How do I change the video mode in my text consoles from the normal 80x25 to something more usable, like say 50x132? If you mean your Alt-F1 -- F6 black screen consoles, then you can do that in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Try vga=0x317 as in
On Monday 16 April 2007 10:24, Jonathan Arnold wrote: the following:
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 vga=0x317 selinux=0 resume=/dev/sda3 splash=silent showopts Yes, I mean my Alt-F? virtual terminals. So I can only change this at boot time? No way to change it once I'm running?
No, that's not true, you can change it on-the-fly.
% man fbset
(Use with care--you are, of necessity, modifying video hardware parameters.)
I get a : open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory when I try to use fbset. I don't see any 'fb' device or folder in my /dev folder. -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, an Open OS weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 16 April 2007 10:14, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
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Yes, I mean my Alt-F? virtual terminals. So I can only change this at boot time? No way to change it once I'm running?
No, that's not true, you can change it on-the-fly.
% man fbset
(Use with care--you are, of necessity, modifying video hardware parameters.)
I get a :
open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
when I try to use fbset. I don't see any 'fb' device or folder in my /dev folder.
It's there on both my 10.0 and on my 10.2 system. 10.0: % ls -l /dev/fb* crw-rw---- 1 root video 29, 0 2007-03-26 18:58 /dev/fb0 % rpm -q --whatprovides /dev/fb0 devs-10.0-1 10.2: % ls -l /dev/fb* crw-rw---- 1 root video 29, 0 2007-03-05 18:18 /dev/fb0 % rpm -q --whatprovides /dev/fb0 devs-10.2-19 If you haven't installed the appropriate devs package, do so.
-- Jonathan Arnold
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On Monday 16 April 2007 10:14, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Monday 16 April 2007 09:50, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
M Harris wrote:
On Monday 16 April 2007 10:24, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
How do I change the video mode in my text consoles from the normal 80x25 to something more usable, like say 50x132?
If you mean your Alt-F1 -- F6 black screen consoles, then you can do that in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Try vga=0x317 as in the following:
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 vga=0x317 selinux=0 resume=/dev/sda3 splash=silent showopts
Yes, I mean my Alt-F? virtual terminals. So I can only change this at boot time? No way to change it once I'm running?
No, that's not true, you can change it on-the-fly.
% man fbset
(Use with care--you are, of necessity, modifying video hardware parameters.)
I get a :
open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
when I try to use fbset. I don't see any 'fb' device or folder in my /dev folder.
I don't know if this is relevant, but according to the "--help" output: % fbset --help ... Frame buffer special device nodes: -fb <device> : processed frame buffer device (default is /dev/fb0; /dev/fb/0 when using devfs) ...
-- Jonathan Arnold
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Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Monday 16 April 2007 10:14, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Monday 16 April 2007 09:50, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
On Monday 16 April 2007 10:24, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
How do I change the video mode in my text consoles from the normal 80x25 to something more usable, like say 50x132? If you mean your Alt-F1 -- F6 black screen consoles, then you can do that in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Try vga=0x317 as in the following:
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 vga=0x317 selinux=0 resume=/dev/sda3 splash=silent showopts Yes, I mean my Alt-F? virtual terminals. So I can only change
M Harris wrote: this at boot time? No way to change it once I'm running? No, that's not true, you can change it on-the-fly.
% man fbset
(Use with care--you are, of necessity, modifying video hardware parameters.) I get a :
open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
when I try to use fbset. I don't see any 'fb' device or folder in my /dev folder.
I don't know if this is relevant, but according to the "--help" output:
% fbset --help ... Frame buffer special device nodes: -fb <device> : processed frame buffer device (default is /dev/fb0; /dev/fb/0 when using devfs)
I didn't have the devs package installed. I installed that and now see /dev/fb0, /dev/fb1 and /dev/fb2 (as well as /dev/fb, which is a link to /dev/fb0). I still get the error from fbset, but perhaps it is awaiting a reboot. And I seem to remember a 50 line console before, but maybe that was in the other kernel, before the xen one? -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, an Open OS weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2007/04/16 14:50 (GMT-0400) Jonathan Arnold apparently typed:
I didn't have the devs package installed. I installed that and now see /dev/fb0, /dev/fb1 and /dev/fb2 (as well as /dev/fb, which is a link to /dev/fb0). I still get the error from fbset, but perhaps it is awaiting a reboot.
And I seem to remember a 50 line console before, but maybe that was in the other kernel, before the xen one?
vga=ask on your kernel line, followed by scan when it asks during boot, should tell you what should be available. Most video cards have some native modes that may differ from framebuffer modes. -- "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 16 April 2007 11:50, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
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I didn't have the devs package installed. I installed that and now see /dev/fb0, /dev/fb1 and /dev/fb2 (as well as /dev/fb, which is a link to /dev/fb0). I still get the error from fbset, but perhaps it is awaiting a reboot.
And I seem to remember a 50 line console before, but maybe that was in the other kernel, before the xen one?
The boot-up default on my systems is 64x160 characters on a 1600x1200 pixel display.
-- Jonathan Arnold
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On Monday 16 April 2007 11:55, Randall R Schulz wrote:
% man fbset Thank you Randall. That is a cool tool.
The display alone is worth having around: su - -c "fbset --show" You taught me something knew... thank you, kindly. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 16 April 2007 10:49, M Harris wrote:
On Monday 16 April 2007 11:55, Randall R Schulz wrote:
% man fbset
Thank you Randall. That is a cool tool.
The display alone is worth having around:
su - -c "fbset --show"
I haven't used fbset for a long time (because for the past several releases the default / initial framebuffer settings are already suitable for day-to-day use). So I was a bit surprised to find that the "--show" output was inaccurate on both my 10.0 and 10.2 systems. In both cases, it said the framebuffer dimensions were 1280x1024 when in fact in both cases the true pixel dimensions were 1600x1200. I suppose this is some issue with the distributed /etc/fb.modes file (which is identical on 10.0 and 10.2, both of which incorporate version 2.1 of the "fbset" package), but that's just an offhand hunch. Anyway, it probably pays to be aware of the possible discrepancy.
You taught me something knew... thank you, kindly.
De nada.
Kind regards,
M Harris <><
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* Randall R Schulz
So I was a bit surprised to find that the "--show" output was inaccurate on both my 10.0 and 10.2 systems. In both cases, it said the framebuffer dimensions were 1280x1024 when in fact in both cases the true pixel dimensions were 1600x1200.
also on my 10.1 system, shows 1280x1024 but is 1600x1200. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 16 April 2007 16:28, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
So I was a bit surprised to find that the "--show" output was inaccurate on both my 10.0 and 10.2 systems. In both cases, it said the framebuffer dimensions were 1280x1024 when in fact in both cases the true pixel dimensions were 1600x1200.
also on my 10.1 system, shows 1280x1024 but is 1600x1200. I have a question for yous guys... are your systems setup for virtual displays (what I call virtual display--- the mouse moves a 1024x768 window over a 1600x1200 virtual space)? Or, are your displays actually 1600x1200?
I have another question for Randall too, if you got the time, is the frame buffer command working differently depending on whether it is run from within a terminal emulator (konsole) vs a tty console (alt-F1 black screen)? Does it require a different frame buffer device for each console? X system? Thanks. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 16 April 2007 14:47, M Harris wrote:
On Monday 16 April 2007 16:28, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
So I was a bit surprised to find that the "--show" output was inaccurate on both my 10.0 and 10.2 systems. In both cases, it said the framebuffer dimensions were 1280x1024 when in fact in both cases the true pixel dimensions were 1600x1200.
also on my 10.1 system, shows 1280x1024 but is 1600x1200.
I have a question for yous guys... are your systems setup for virtual displays (what I call virtual display--- the mouse moves a 1024x768 window over a 1600x1200 virtual space)? Or, are your displays actually 1600x1200?
Mine is a ViewSonic VP201b, whose native resolution is 1600x1200. It is shared between the 10.0 and 10.2 systems via an IOgear DVI/USB KVM. I have noted that among this KVM switch's anomalies (most of the worst of which are USB-related) is the fact that if the monitor is not actively connected to a video card when rebooting the system in which that video card is installed (i.e., the other system's video card is selected), the device sensing fails and the device gets configured as a default VGA device.
I have another question for Randall too, if you got the time, is the frame buffer command working differently depending on whether it is run from within a terminal emulator (konsole) vs a tty console (alt-F1 black screen)? Does it require a different frame buffer device for each console? X system?
Well, the --show and --info commands behave the same both from a Konsole shell and from the virtual terminals themselves. I'm loath to invoke it in such a way as to actually alter the current video configuration, especially when it appears to be confused about reality. My understanding is that all the virtual consoles share a single framebuffer device. I'm less sure about X11 displays, but I think they're all associated with the same /dev/fbN or /dev/fb/N and all are affected simultaneously when issuing fbset commands (those that affect the device, not just query its current operating parameters).
Thanks. ... M Harris <><
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On Monday 16 April 2007 17:12, Randall R Schulz wrote:
My understanding is that all the virtual consoles share a single framebuffer device. I'm less sure about X11 displays, but I think they're all associated with the same /dev/fbN or /dev/fb/N and all are affected simultaneously when issuing fbset commands (those that affect the device, not just query its current operating parameters). Thank you. I am wondering now if Patrick is using a KVM also... maybe he'll note it later. Thanks again for the lesson.. very interesting.
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Thank you. I am wondering now if Patrick is using a KVM also... maybe he'll note it later. Thanks again for the lesson.. very interesting.
I am not, SyncMaster 204t Samsung -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 16 April 2007 17:31, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
I am not, SyncMaster 204t Samsung Thanks. My monitors are all Samsung 713v... I have been looking at the 204t--- looks like a great unit.
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On Monday 16 April 2007 17:31, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
I am not, SyncMaster 204t Samsung Thanks. My monitors are all Samsung 713v... I have been looking at the 204t--- looks like a great unit.
They now have a 22 inch wide screen 1600x1080, but doesn't have quite as much real-estate and the 204t. I don't recall the number, saw it at samsclb, ~$279. ???price -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
* M Harris
On Monday 16 April 2007 16:28, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
So I was a bit surprised to find that the "--show" output was inaccurate on both my 10.0 and 10.2 systems. In both cases, it said the framebuffer dimensions were 1280x1024 when in fact in both cases the true pixel dimensions were 1600x1200.
also on my 10.1 system, shows 1280x1024 but is 1600x1200. I have a question for yous guys... are your systems setup for virtual displays (what I call virtual display--- the mouse moves a 1024x768 window over a 1600x1200 virtual space)? Or, are your displays actually 1600x1200?
actually 1600x1200
I have another question for Randall too, if you got the time, is the frame buffer command working differently depending on whether it is run from within a terminal emulator (konsole) vs a tty console (alt-F1 black screen)? Does it require a different frame buffer device for each console? X system?
I see the same output in the pts/5 term emulator as in the tty2 console, not presupposing Randall's response -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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