[CentOS] change default columns in init 3?

Thu Aug 17 23:03:50 UTC 2006
Yiorgos Stamoulis <yiorgos-lists at 272deg.homelinux.net>

Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Yiorgos Stamoulis schrieb:
>
>> Alexander Dalloz wrote:
>>
>>> Yiorgos Stamoulis schrieb:
>>>
>>>> How can I change the init 3 shell default $COLUMNS ?
>>>> (I am trying to wean myself from GUI)
>>>
>>>
>>> Use framebuffer.
>>>
>>> Alexander
>>>
>>>
>> alexander,
>> Can you be more specific?  I am lost, what is framebuffer?
>>
>> Yiorgos
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_framebuffer
>
> For example the RHGB boot (kernel line anaconda parameter "rhgb" in 
> grub.conf) is a framebuffer mode.
this will allow me to change the 'default' console columns/lines 
setting, right?
>
> Details on how to configure framebuffer on your system depend on the 
> graphics card.
>
> Alexander
>
>
I figured out that fbset could let me modify frame buffer device 
settings, but it gives an error if invoked in while in init 5 (console, 
not xterm!).  It seems to work in init 3, so I have to figure out how it 
works properly.

Thank you Alesxander

Yiorgos