Changing terminal resolutions?

**Lectraplayer** · 11-26-2004, 06:49 PM

How do I go about changing the resolutions of my terminals? They all go off the screen of my laptop, and would like to "turn them down" to fit entirely onscreen. I remember that with DOS, I could do the same thing with mode con cols=80 lines=50 to get an 80X50 character display, and would like to know how to do the same with the Borne Again Shell of Linux.

Skie · 11-26-2004, 09:26 PM

The following link will give you the table of values that you can use: http://www.mepis.org/node/view/2992. Just edit your lilo.conf or menu.lst (for grub) file and add this as "vga=794" or whichever value you wish to use. I would recommend that you copy/paste one of the existing sections for testing this just in case you use a value that your system can't handle. If you're using lilo, then make sure you run lilo to have your changes, for grub, it's not needed.

Beyond this, if you have it set to the resolution you want, then the only thing left is to adjust the monitor settings for horizontal/vertical. I know that Windows and Linux don't really like using the same H/V values. I've never tried to see if this can be modified.

**Lectraplayer** · 11-28-2004, 06:31 PM

Thanks. ...but as far as the H/V settings, they don't apply as this is on a laptop's LCD panel. The upper corner is correct, but the "display" just goes off the bottom and right of the screen, which proves to be very annoying.

Skie · 11-29-2004, 12:16 AM

What I was suggesting was to use a different resolution and see if it's any better. I'm not sure if there are any other controls regarding this.

**Lectraplayer** · 12-02-2004, 07:32 PM

That's why I was wanting a diferent resolution. ...and thanks to you, I have it.

Skie · 12-03-2004, 12:22 AM

Cool. I couldn't tell from your previous post if this fixed your problem.

**Lectraplayer** · 12-03-2004, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skie

Cool. I couldn't tell from your previous post if this fixed your problem.

I didn't have it fixed when I made that other post, but your suggestion on changing resolutions is what I put that I was wanting to do when I made the thread. Your suggestion actually sounded like it was a CRT's H/V settings. I guess we had a miscommunication somewhere.

Skie · 12-03-2004, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lectraplayer

I didn't have it fixed when I made that other post, but your suggestion on changing resolutions is what I put that I was wanting to do when I made the thread. Your suggestion actually sounded like it was a CRT's H/V settings. I guess we had a miscommunication somewhere.

I see. Glad your working though. :)

11-26-2004, 06:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lectraplayer TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 527 OS: Win-XP, Debian/Sarge, and SuSI 9.1	Changing terminal resolutions? How do I go about changing the resolutions of my terminals? They all go off the screen of my laptop, and would like to "turn them down" to fit entirely onscreen. I remember that with DOS, I could do the same thing with mode con cols=80 lines=50 to get an 80X50 character display, and would like to know how to do the same with the Borne Again Shell of Linux. __________________ Finally, killed the Window! Microsoft free, baby!!

11-26-2004, 09:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 2,194 OS: Gentoo Linux, CentOS, OS X My System	The following link will give you the table of values that you can use: http://www.mepis.org/node/view/2992. Just edit your lilo.conf or menu.lst (for grub) file and add this as "vga=794" or whichever value you wish to use. I would recommend that you copy/paste one of the existing sections for testing this just in case you use a value that your system can't handle. If you're using lilo, then make sure you run lilo to have your changes, for grub, it's not needed. Beyond this, if you have it set to the resolution you want, then the only thing left is to adjust the monitor settings for horizontal/vertical. I know that Windows and Linux don't really like using the same H/V values. I've never tried to see if this can be modified. __________________

11-28-2004, 06:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lectraplayer TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 527 OS: Win-XP, Debian/Sarge, and SuSI 9.1	Thanks. ...but as far as the H/V settings, they don't apply as this is on a laptop's LCD panel. The upper corner is correct, but the "display" just goes off the bottom and right of the screen, which proves to be very annoying. __________________ Finally, killed the Window! Microsoft free, baby!!

11-29-2004, 12:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 2,194 OS: Gentoo Linux, CentOS, OS X My System	What I was suggesting was to use a different resolution and see if it's any better. I'm not sure if there are any other controls regarding this. __________________

12-02-2004, 07:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lectraplayer TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 527 OS: Win-XP, Debian/Sarge, and SuSI 9.1	That's why I was wanting a diferent resolution. ...and thanks to you, I have it. __________________ Finally, killed the Window! Microsoft free, baby!!

12-03-2004, 12:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 2,194 OS: Gentoo Linux, CentOS, OS X My System	Cool. I couldn't tell from your previous post if this fixed your problem. __________________