Hello Al Stone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; On 21.03 (18:01), you wrote: > > I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything > > seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The > > only things which I don't like is that the console only occupies a > > fraction of the display at the center. Wht's going on here and how do > > I get a full size console? > > Check your BIOS settings; there's often one that > allows you to expand your initial console size to > full screen (or not).
It might be a «strech» mode, though, wich will give bigger chars, but not a better resolution. Maybe adding : vga=791 to /etc/lilo.conf and/or using frame buffer would help (I don't know if FB is necessary to use vga=791...) HTH, -- Olivier K
