From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net [150.101.137.145]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5D60C1A361 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2010 19:02:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <979b4k$73kq9l@ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net> X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AuQLAGcz0Ex20P4N/2dsb2JhbACDHZA8jSpXcqxlkwCDMHME Received: from ppp118-208-254-13.lns20.hba2.internode.on.net (HELO localhost) ([118.208.254.13]) by ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net with SMTP; 03 Nov 2010 09:32:49 +1030 Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 10:02:49 +1000 From: pj@pjb.com.au To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailer: mail.pl Subject: Re: enlarging terminal Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: pj@pjb.com.au, "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 23:02:52 -0000 I wrote: > My console boots with 80x25, but after udev has finished it becomes > 160x65, which I can hardy read. I want my 80-chars width back... Samuel Thibault wrote: > Did you try dpkg-reconfigure console-setup? The Terminus and VGA > font choice provides e.g. 32x16 font sizes, which are very nice. Thank you! Yes, that works. I had taken some wrong turning down the console-tools path when I should have been on the console-setup path... I had to: aptitude install console-setup aptitude remove console-tools aptitude install kbd dpkg-reconfigure console-setup Thanks, Regards, Peter Billam http://www.pjb.com.au pj@pjb.com.au (03) 6278 9410 "Was der Meister nicht kann, vermöcht es der Knabe, hätt er ihm immer gehorcht?" Siegfried to Mime, from Act 1 Scene 2