From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns1.sunset.net ([205.161.255.5] helo=onyx.sunset.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1C80hi-0004Re-00 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:09:58 -0400 Received: from sunset.net (198-69-248-55.chico.ca.digitalpath.net [198.69.248.55]) by onyx.sunset.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8GI6xgI015024 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:06:59 -0700 Received: (from rreid@localhost) by sunset.net (8.12.11/8.12.8/Submit) id i8GI9tTR006632 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:09:55 -0700 Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:09:54 -0700 From: "Ralph W. Reid" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040916180954.GA6056@sunset.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: more data on 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: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:09:58 -0000 Some time ago, I came across the 'vga=ask' parameter somewhere (don't remember where now...maybe something in the kernel docs?). If entered at the boot prompt, the valid modes for the installed VGA card are supposed to be displayed in a menu--this is before the kernel is loaded, so speech does not operate during this selection process. It has been a while, but as I recall, I made some guesses, and discovered that something like choices 0-9 let the system boot with a variety of lines and columns. I settled on 'vga=8', which produces a 132X43 screen with the old video card in this system. I never tried values higher than 10, so I do not know if anything larger is possible on my system. Results on other systems are likely to differ. I have never tried any software that allows the use of otherwise invalid modes--maybe some day I will try experimenting further. HTH, and have a _great_ day! On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 06:51:19AM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > This is a progress report that might encourage others to experiment: > > I changed my lilo.conf to use the line > > vga = 791 > > instead of > > vga = normal > > and then rebooted. I now have a 128 by 48 character display. When I > checked to see which applications were working correctly with the new > screen size, I found that lynx, pine, nano, mutella, less, and the man > pages, all were correctly resized to the new screen size. My text > reader, rita the reader, had to have its rita.cfg file changed to the > new screen parameters, but hey, that's a home made amateur program. So > far I see no down side to this new setup. > > As for nano, I invoke it with a line length limit of 72 chars, so that > it wraps at that point, but without that command line option it too > would use the entire 128 char width. I will retain the 72 char width to > facilitate printing and emailing. > > I am happy as a clam. > > Chuck > > > -- > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (4% of Full) > Home page at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > Speakfreely address 24.105.197.112:2074 -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid@sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid Opinions herein are either mine or they are flame bait. CIRCLE RADIUS = sqrt (x ^ 2 + y ^ 2)