[BRLTTY] FYI: HandyTech Modular Evolution 88 and Linux console size (88x42)

[Sebastian Humenda]

Hello Mario,

Mario Lang <mlang at delysid.org> wrote on Di, Mai 04, 2010 at 12:56:36 +0200:
>I recently managed to configure my Linux console to have 88 columns
>(and 42 lines).  Since the display is continuous, you can then use
>all the width of your display during your work on the console.
[...]
>The trick is to set a framebuffer resolution and a certain font size
>which results in the number of columns you desire.  In my case, I
>used 800x600 as a starting-point with fbset, and then issued
How do you find out which resolution is the fitting one? Are changes after a
reboot gone, do I need this as a kernel parameter? Which modes are available?

>"fbset -xres 704" which results in 704 pixel width which
>divided by 8 (font width) results in 88 characters per line.
>After loading a 14x8 console font, I have 88x42 text mode, which
>works very nicely with this 88 cell display.
How do I load such a font?

>Unfortunately, to achieve this (as far as I know) you
>have to load a framebuffer driver for your graphics card.  In my
# cat /proc/fb
0 inteldrmfb
So the framebuffer is no problem, but currently I have 170 characters, 160
would be nicer (or even 120).
How do I find out how to achieve this?

Thanks
Greetings
Sebastian