From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BD78C1A38A for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2010 04:29:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBF674C4 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2010 04:29:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:29:47 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=smtpout; bh=Y8ioOFO/7cadpXU48s63kjbe0uc=; b=evqiBY9IwmGz2GcnUzlAYiQaVniNIHRDBdQY0pKVKCAd28m7rO24uU6s+XAIA3giIS7lyU4gxhwyp8dendaUAkMKzEA6HB3P5n2gJq+LTCkIF1zPeGhmC2FlAKuGMjGpXSB5MbmT/b2/n4TCYCrboalLiPZH45MCvNT/fYvcCco= X-Sasl-enc: kjB7fT14gOG2Nm7CUC+INBs5A/d6FRf2oSeRZmHZkKia 1288686587 Received: from rx.localhost (24-148-119-82.ip.mhcable.com [24.148.119.82]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 84EF85E19E8 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2010 04:29:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 04:29:46 -0400 From: Chuck Hallenbeck To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: enlarging terminal Message-ID: <20101102082946.GA21093@rx.localhost> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20101102011314.GA12472@lava-net.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101102011314.GA12472@lava-net.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 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, 02 Nov 2010 08:29:48 -0000 Hi Igor, On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 09:13:14PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote: > Hi all. A while back I used to use the Stty hack for enlarging my console i.e., > stty cols 200 rows 81. However, in later kernels this method no longer works. > Therefore, I wondered what us Speakup users are doing these days to enlarge our > consoles? Is Svgatextmode still a viable option? Failing that, maybe a > framebuffer is the next best thing? Anyway, I just wondered what the general > consensus was. Thanks and regards, I have added vga=773 to my kernel line in the grub menu.lst file, which gives me 48 lines of 128 columns. Chuck -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (20% of Full) My personal website: hallenbeck.ftml.net Software: edway.ftml.net, and Blog: edway.wordpress.com My Jabber ID: chuckh1@jabber.org (beware the silent h!) -------- You're not an alcoholic unless you go to the meetings.