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Re: Increasing the resolution of terminals
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Ioannis Vranos <[log in to unmask]>
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Ioannis Vranos <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:01:41 +0200
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Steven J. Yellin wrote:
>     At least on my SL3 computer there's a file /etc/X11/XF86Config,
> which in its "Screen" section has lines
> 
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes   "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> 
> I had added the "1280x1024" to the Modes line in order to increase the
> resolution from the former "1024x768" maximum.  You should be able
> to do something similar.  Maybe redhat-config-xfree86 can help
> you do it without your editing XF86Config, but I haven't tried
> using it.


OS: SL 4.4 i386.


I am talking about pure terminals/consoles, and not from within/about X.Org (XWindows).


The SL 4.4 Live-CD has high resolution consoles, and I want to have the same in my 
installation.

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