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From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
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Subject: Re: 50 lines on the console?
To: turetta@trust.stylo.italia.com (Angelo Turetta)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 04:19:00 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <3062E1C5@trust.stylo.italia.com> from "Angelo Turetta" at Sep 22, 95 07:30:00 pm
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you need to load a font that allows it first

try
vidcontrol -f 8x8 /usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso-8x8
vidcontrol VGA_80x50

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> 
> SECOND POSTING: NEXT TIME WILL POST TO -HACKERS
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> Hi,
> 
> I'm running 2.0.5R.
> How can I change the settings of the console screen ?
> 
> I would like to have 50 lines on my screen, but if I change
> the related parameters in sysconfig I can apply the changes
> only to the first virtual console, and at the moment the
> screen buffer size changes, all the boot messages are lost.
> 
> Is it possible to change some settings so all the virtual consoles
> are 50 lines high immediately, starting from the hw probing?
> Or at least how can I set all the virtual consoles at once from
> sysconfig.
> 
> Thanks for help
> 
> Angelo Turetta
> Stylo Multimedia - Bologna - ITALY
> aturetta@stylo.italia.com
>