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Autor: Gravis
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Para: dng
Assunto: Re: [Dng] Nice feature for vdev
steve, vdev has nothing to do with the screen resolution and will not
alter it any more than a "Hello World" program would.
--Gravis


On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
> Hi Jude,
>
> I have no idea if this would be possible, but if it is, it would be
> nice.
>
> It would be nice if either:
>
> * vdev doesn't change the screen resolution/display method, or
>
> * vdev enables you to specify screen resolution/display method
>
> Here's the source of this desire. I have bad eyesight. No matter how I
> set VGA or console or whatever in Grub, when udev runs, it changes the
> screen to a framebuffer with teensy-tiny fonts I can't read. Which
> means all my virtual terminals end up with that same teensy-tiny font.
>
> The bottom line is that I can't specify a size for the print on my boot
> screen and virtual terminals, and for a guy with bad vision, that's a
> problem.
>
> It would be wonderful if vdev could include a way to either not change
> the video from what Grub booted, or to enable the user to specify some
> kind of command line arg or file content to tell vdev what size type to
> use, and/or maybe even whether or not to use a framebuffer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt                *  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
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