The default font size in the non-X terminals is too small for me.
How can I changed it permanently ?
I've ran sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
in TTY 1, but seems to only effect the 'gnome-terminal' running courtesy X in TTY 7…
UPDATE … I've just checked more carefully… It actually did changed the font, from 8-14 (it only offers 8 14 and 16).. The width of each char did not change; they only got taller (ie. fewer lines on the screen) …
I'm getting 160 characters across the screen (on a 17"CRT). That makes it impossible for me… So it seems like it may be a screen resolution issue, and not a font issue (unless I can choose a larger font size somehow)
So the question is now.. Either: How do I change the font size to larger than offered by sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
… Or: How can I reducet the screen resoluton of TTYs 1-6 ?
Best Answer
You can force your TTYs to run in different resolutions and font sizes by adding
vga=xxx
to your boot line.xxx
should be replaced by any of these values:Some of these do not work on some hardware. When it fails you will be presented with a list of alternatives.
edit: hwinfo can show you scancodes you can use with the following command:
Resolution = columns, lines:
To make it permanent you can add the
vga=xxx
to your bootloader options. The file you need in 11.04 is/etc/default/grub
and you need to runsudo update-grub
after any changes (from: How to remove GRUB selection? ).