Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:23:06 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Danny Howard <dannyman@tellme.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: text console size on IBM TP 240? Message-ID: <200009292223.e8TMN6A60612@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:17:52 PDT." <20000929151752.K34935@never.tellme.com>
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> But, as small as the screen is, I think I'd just as soon stick with the
> console for most things, and run screen. Unfortunately, the console leaves
> well over an inch of LCD on each side, making the font smaller and less fun to
> squint at than it should be.
>
> I looked through LINT, but have no clue if I can coax the text console in to
> eating up the entire LCD. Has anyone a good experience here and can point me
> in the right direction?
There's probably an undocumented BIOS hotkey that will put the screen in
'stretch' mode. Try Fn and work your way through everything until you
find it.
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people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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