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more lines on the screen?  what does this mean?  a larger screen, more data?

    
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From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@rednote.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
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> Hi, Steve:
> 
> Here's how I do it. I get 64 lines and 130 columns with:
> 
> vga=0x31B
> 
> I have put exactly that statement in my lilo.conf when using lilo, and
> added it to my kernel params with grub.conf when using grub.
> 
> To read more look at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt
> 
> 
> Steve Holmes writes:
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> > I tried to get a 50 line display by putting the option 
> > vga = extended
> > on my lilo boot parms but I still get only 25 lines on my actual
> > screen.  The kernel boot messages show an 80.50 display but
> > still... This has happened on two different machines of mine and one
> > of them is brand new.  Do I need to change anything else to get this
> > to work such as terminfo entries or tset commands?
> > 
> > Thanks for any help.
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