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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!eurocontrol.fr!ramses.eurocontrol.fr!not-for-mail From: rbt@eurocontrol.fr (Ollivier Robert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: changing screen to 50 line mode Date: 22 Jul 1996 11:58:41 GMT Organization: Eurocontrol EEC, Bretigny, France Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4svqdh$eas@ramses.eurocontrol.fr> References: <4sr5ck$5t@brians-pc.brians-domain.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mozart.eurocontrol.fr [courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email] In article <4sr5ck$5t@brians-pc.brians-domain.com>, Brian Bayorgeon <root@brians-domain.com> wrote: > I would like to change my screen to a 50 line mode(vs the std 25). > I didn't have much luck to date. If some one could point me in the > right direction I would appreciate it. You have to load a 8x8 font in order to switch to 50-lines mode. Look into /etc/sysconfig to find at the beginning the variables to change. Then, just use vidcontrol on each virtual console you have to display 50 lines on. Man vidcontrol. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- Eurocontrol EEC/TIS -=- Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr Usenet Canal Historique