From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com ([24.93.47.43]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1C7Cb5-0001YT-00 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:39:47 -0400 Received: from tomass (cs24328-50.austin.rr.com [24.243.28.50]) by ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id i8ECdit1014867 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:39:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: from stivers_t by tomass with local (Exim 4.34) id 1C7Cb2-0003of-MG for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:39:44 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:39:44 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-ID: <20040914123944.GB27678@tomass.dyndns.org> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20040914112125.GB6471@lnx2.holmesgrown.com> <003001c49a53$1c109b70$0200a8c0@haneyhbmu5pv2g> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <003001c49a53$1c109b70$0200a8c0@haneyhbmu5pv2g> X-Request-PGP: http://tomass.dyndns.org/~stivers_t/pubkey.asc X-Uptime: 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours 39 minutes 38 seconds User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040818i From: Thomas Stivers X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: Getting More on the Screen X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:39:47 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Sep 14 2004 at 08:05:21AM -0400, Ameer Armaly wrote: > Rather than using extended vga, use a utility called svgatextmode (or stm > for short). It let's you resize the screen, possibly all the way up to a > 200x81 screen. > In short, if you don't care about whether anyone can see it, do: > stm -v 200x81x9 > Otherwise, you'll have to take a look at the config file to see what cards > support what. If you don't have svgatextmode (stm for short) or it for some reason won't work for you, you can use "vga=791" on the boot line or in lilo's append line to get a 128x48 display. There are likely ways to get even more, but I want it to be readable to the sighted occasionally. HTH - -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t@tomass.dyndns.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBRuaQ5JK61UXLur0RAodwAJ0b5IwYS8N8p+FdpbhQy78uJlZtSACffqb+ C+M2SY3YG4ElVZ0liZD2ZOQ= =TYYX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----