[LBo] Changing Console font size

[Anita Lewis]

On 09/02/2007 09:08 AM Troy wrote:

> 
> Thank you for your help; problem solved with font size in console.  I added
> "vga=791" where you said, but I also left "quiet" where it was.  Should I
> remove "quiet"?  Does quiet mean the system boots quietly, therefore, I
> don't see what's going on?
> 
> What do you mean by, "There will be another place to put it after you find
> out if this works"?  Is what I've already done enough to make the change
> permanent, or do I have to add "vga=791" somewhere else too?


I think quiet only stops the errors from showing.  I think you still see
the good part of the boot.

The change you have made will be permanent until your next kernel
upgrade.  That will rewrite your menu.lst with the new kernel at the top
of the menu.  It will use the options listed in that line with something
like:

# defoptions splash quiet

The # normally means the line is not used, but in this case it is used
only for the update-grub command which makes the new menu.lst.  So, if
you want to make it use your new thing, you need to edit that line
changing the 'splash quiet' part for whatever you want to use, including
the 'vga=791'.

Anita

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