> ho...@rumormillnews.com composed on 2019-07-21 20:13 (UTC-0400): > >> my console is no longer 80x25, the way I want it; it's something much >> smaller, >> pretty much impossible for me to read. > > At 1600x900 you're seeing 200x56 with the standard 16x8 font. > >> Many thanks, Etienne, Alexander, Felix, Carl, Cindy Sue, and even bw, >> for >> the ideas, brainstorms, and general patience and for walking with me on >> this rather weird journey. :) If somehow we can get my 80x25 console >> back, I think we could declare total victory on this one. > > Add to cmdline: > > video=640x400 > > I usually use video=1440x900 to produce 180x56. > --
Thanks, Felix. :) It works, and I could get used to it. :) Yet it's not the same thing that was there before, with 'nomodeset' in the command line. It now takes up all the display real estate, stretching from side-to-side, where before there were margins on either side. I'm guessing 'nomodeset' leads to essentially a VGA display, while video=640x400 leads to a graphic display that's similar to the VGA one...? I made a few tries at using the 'vga=' parameter talked about in docs on the Web but I get the impression it's no longer used. (?) As I said, I could get used to this and live contentedly with it. :) But it seems odd not to be able easily to regain the console display I was so used to for so many years. --hobie
