Changing font size in terminal

[bonzocs]

Hi All,

This maybe a simple question, but I can't seem to find the answer which just related to the terminal.

Basically I have an ubuntu server 7.10 and notice that the font size is pretty big. It's a little frustrating compared with what I'm used to. Is there a way I can set the resolution/font size to customise this?

Thanks

[devils casper]

Add vga=xxxx value at the end of kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Check here under title Linux video mode numbers.

vga=773 works fine in my machine.

[oz]

Here's a chart you can use to decide which setting you want for your own system:

#  FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
#     +-------------------------------------------------+
#          | 640x480    800x600    1024x768   1280x1024
#      ----+--------------------------------------------
#      256 | 0x301=769  0x303=771  0x305=773   0x307=775
#      32K | 0x310=784  0x313=787  0x316=790   0x319=793
#      64K | 0x311=785  0x314=788  0x317=791   0x31A=794
#      16M | 0x312=786  0x315=789  0x318=792   0x31B=795
#     +-------------------------------------------------+

I generally use 793 or 794.

[bonzocs]

Thanks, much appreciated. That's exactly what I was looking for.

Cheers!

[devils casper]

Glad to help you !

[Filipet]

Hasn't framebuffer stopped working for Gutsy because of a bug?