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Date:      Thu, 16 Nov 2000 13:39:33 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        Jamie Heckford <heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Resolution
Message-ID:  <20001116133933.A5328@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <00111619122603.05634@freefire.psi-domain.co.uk>; from "Jamie Heckford" on Thu Nov 16 19:11:36 GMT 2000
References:  <00111619122603.05634@freefire.psi-domain.co.uk>

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In the last episode (Nov 16), Jamie Heckford said:
> How would i go about changing the resolution of my vt??
> 
> Im fed up with the 320 x X mode it uses, and want to maybe get it up to
> 1024x768.

Console screens aren't pixel-based; they're character-cell based.  The
default console is 80x25, which is really 720x400 pixels if you want to
keep track.  If you want more lines/columns on the console, see the
vidcontrol manpage.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com


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