console screen resolution

echo.motd · 2014-06-27 16:22:39

How to find out console screen resolution?

qinohe · 2014-06-27 16:52:58

Hi, welcome to Arch. You could for instance install fbset [extra] and run fbset -i as root.

echo.motd · 2014-06-27 17:19:39

Hello qinohe, thank you. It works for me.
Does the console use fb by default?
Is it the same fb in grub menu at the start up?

karol · 2014-06-27 17:34:08

What graphics card and drivers are you using? Are you using KMS?

qinohe · 2014-06-27 17:34:33

Your welcome, yes, as far as I know, yes console uses framebuffer.
Yes, grub is a console program, so yes, it's the same, unless you specified something different.

echo.motd · 2014-06-27 17:45:02

I can see, thank you.
I am using "famous" Intel Atom D2xxx/N2xxx controller. I hope one day it cracks .
I use console with fb only.

qinohe · 2014-06-27 17:56:35

Maybe I am a little blond, but, you 'use console with fb only', do you mean you only use console and no DE or WM?

BTW I don't know that 'famous' controller, but it must be good then, good luck with it.;)

echo.motd · 2014-06-27 18:57:46

qinohe, yes. I use console only for the moment with fb tools like fim for example.
No WM neither DE.
I am thinking about Openbox WM, decision is difficult joke.

I had got A PROBLEM with Intel Atom D2xxx/N2xxx controller .
I tried to find some GNU/Linux distribution which have buildin driver but there is no one. Even if computer was sold with Ubuntu inside. I dropped it out as soon as saw that there is no 3D acceleration for DE.
So I asked for support from manufacturer (ASUS) and the answer was "where have you looked when you bought the hardware". Luckily it exist less and more , so I enjoy to learn CLI, bash, vim and emacs.
Once more thanks for the answers.

qinohe · 2014-06-27 19:13:06

Yes, I get it now, then you have probably also found fbterm, I have tried it, but since I use i3, never felt the need to use it on a daily basis, maybe I should give it a go once more.
The problem concerning your video, I can't be of real help, I really have no knowledge about the Intel Atom D2xxx/N2xxx controller, or Atom at all.
Maybe someone who has such machine can help you with that:)

PS to learn the CLI , ArchLinux is a very good choice!

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karol · 2014-06-27 19:24:46

Is it the infamous "u r fscked" Poulsbo? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Poulsbo

+1 for fbterm. tmux is fun too.

qinohe · 2014-06-27 19:40:53

@Karol, nice reminder, I should definitely use some spare ours, to learn using tmux.

echo.motd · 2014-06-27 19:45:49

You know after some time of using GNU/Linux, I am pretty happy go through the CLI. It is different, it is real and it works.

For fbterm I think I will try it before Openbox . I guess thare are things to try out with it's congigurations.
Actually I have got a problem there too. The "command prompt line" does not retourn to the top of the screen after the clear command.
It happens only with Intel Atom D2xxx/N2xxx at 1366x768 resolution.

echo.motd · 2014-06-27 19:53:08

I prefer microwave to microsoft. I can't give up. )

Gusar · 2014-06-27 20:05:00

karol wrote:

Is it the infamous "u r fscked" Poulsbo? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Poulsbo

No, it's the "u r fscked" GMA3600/3650 aka CedarView - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_GMA3600. Equally infamous, just a bit newer - Poulsbo is GMA500 and contains a PowerVR SGX 535 GPU, CedarView contains a PowerVR SGX 545 GPU.

echo.motd · 2014-06-27 20:16:34

What is Poulsbo? sorry I am newbie.
Also for +1 is it possible to add some more console fonts to base of Arch for bizarre resolitions?

karol · 2014-06-27 20:18:50

echo.motd wrote:

What is Poulsbo? sorry I am newbie.

Read the wiki.

echo.motd wrote:

Also for +1 is it possible to add some more console fonts to base of Arch for bizarre resolitions?

What exactly have you tried so far?

ewaller · 2014-06-27 20:20:07

echo.motd wrote:

What is Poulsbo? sorry I am newbie.
Also for +1 is it possible to add some more console fonts to base of Arch for bizarre resolitions?

Did you follow the link? It is the product code name for a problematic video system.

echo.motd · 2014-06-27 21:10:25

I do follow the link and I do read the wiki. It is possible that I'm not receptive but it did not work for me.
I tried https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_GMA3600. "This means, unleass you run a really outdated system this driver is useless for Arch-Linux. ".
And now I am trying to complile a Linux kernel. "Enabling Hardware Accelerated Video Decode on Intel® Atom™ Processor D2000 and N2000 Series under Fedora 16"
I am not sure of me and more of "Enabling Hardware Accelerated" with Fedora .

echo.motd · 2014-06-27 21:36:49

For setfont, I just realize that there is not enough console fonts for differnt screen resolutions.
An exmaple Lat2-Terminus20x10 etc.

karol · 2014-06-27 21:45:16

Terminus offers a wide range of sizes.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … sole_fonts

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