Font too small

Font too small

[Stefan Beyer]

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I bought a 13.3 notebook with a display resolution of 1920x1080 px, 
resulting in very small fonts. I managed do increase the size of the GRUB 
font, but failed to do so for the console font.
I understand the adjustement is done by setting FONT in /etc/rc.conf, but 
even applying the biggest fonts in /usr/share/kbd/ results in too small 
fonts on the screen (console). Any hints how to proceed?
I also tried to use setfont -h20 ..., with no success.

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Re: Font too small

[Stefan Mühlinghaus]

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That is not a problem with your fonts but rather with your resolution. If 
the fonts are too small you should switch to a lower resolution. You can do 
that via Video Mode Switching at boot-time by adding the kernel parameter 
"vga=xxx" to your bootmanager configuration, where "xxx" is the VESA number 
of your desired video mode. Check this Wikipedia article for possible 
numbers/resolutions:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions#Linux_video_mode_numbers

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Re: Font too small

[Stefan Beyer]

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Nop, doesn't help. I tried different vga=xxx codes supported by the 
graphics card, makes no difference at all.

Am Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2015 20:25:40 UTC+1 schrieb Stefan Mühlinghaus:
>
> That is not a problem with your fonts but rather with your resolution. If 
> the fonts are too small you should switch to a lower resolution. You can do 
> that via Video Mode Switching at boot-time by adding the kernel parameter 
> "vga=xxx" to your bootmanager configuration, where "xxx" is the VESA number 
> of your desired video mode. Check this Wikipedia article for possible 
> numbers/resolutions:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions#Linux_video_mode_numbers
>

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Re: Font too small

[Stefan Beyer]

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By setting FONT="iso02-12x22" in /etc/rc.conf the situation now is 
acceptable; I didn't see this font before. 

Am Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2015 21:08:16 UTC+1 schrieb Stefan Beyer:
>
> Nop, doesn't help. I tried different vga=xxx codes supported by the 
> graphics card, makes no difference at all.
>
> Am Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2015 20:25:40 UTC+1 schrieb Stefan Mühlinghaus:
>>
>> That is not a problem with your fonts but rather with your resolution. If 
>> the fonts are too small you should switch to a lower resolution. You can do 
>> that via Video Mode Switching at boot-time by adding the kernel parameter 
>> "vga=xxx" to your bootmanager configuration, where "xxx" is the VESA number 
>> of your desired video mode. Check this Wikipedia article for possible 
>> numbers/resolutions:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions#Linux_video_mode_numbers
>>
>

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Re: Font too small

[Stefan Mühlinghaus]

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Ah, yes, sorry. I assume you are using grub2, which is default on void. In 
that case you need to do the following:

   1. Reboot
   2. When your grub menu comes up press C to enter the console
   3. Run "*vbeinfo*". That will give you a list of supported resolutions. 
   Note down one you like, for example "1024x768x32"
   4. Run "*reboot*" and boot into your system
   5. Edit the file */etc/default/grub*, uncomment the "*GRUB_GFXMODE*" 
   variable and set it to the resolution you noted down
   6. Run "*update-grub*"
   7. Reboot

Now you should have a different resolution in your console


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