[LBo] Changing Console font size [was: Mint Linux]

[Troy]

On 9/1/07, Anita Lewis <a.lewis at linuxbasics.org> wrote:
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> I think this has to do with the vga setting in your /boot/grub/menu.lst.
> See if you can find something in the file where it says "vga=" something.
>
> If you find it, you can try removing that to see if it comes out nice.
> If it is still too big, then you can try making it "vga=791"
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> The line would look something like this:
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> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-386
> root=UUID=3db245ba-320f-4fd1-8671-188f2d36928c ro vga=791
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>
Thank you for your help.  Here is what I found in the /boot/grub/menu.lst
file:

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

I changed the line #defoptions=quiet splash to #defoptions=vga=791.  After
rebooting the computer, there was no difference in either the font size in
another terminal, or the scrolling speed - still choppy and slow.  I'm not
sure if this is the correct line I was to edit, so I replace the
/boot/grub/menu.lst file with the back up I made.

The other spot I found was:

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

I assumed this was not the place to edit because it's used for an
alternative boot, not the default?

Being the data in the file is large, is there a place I can post the file,
and then include a link to the file in an e-mail?

Thanks,

Troy