Narrow font?

[Lee_Maschmeyer at wayne.edu]

Hi all,

The way I checked out my video modes was to use my Optacon (on its
last legs but functional in a pinch) and look at the menu. Both before
and after the "scan" the widest width listed is 80. Does that mean I
can still play around with the numbers with some hope? Do I really
have to mess with this frame buffer stuff?

The mode numbers on the menu are susceptible to change with different
kernel versions, so what was 8 on Gentoo may not be 8 on Debian.

On Fedora, the console fonts are in the directory:

/lib/kbd/consolefonts

I just found the warning in the svga.txt file:

Warning: the mode list displayed may vary as the kernel version
changes, because the modes are listed in a "first detected -- first
displayed" manner. It's better to use absolute mode numbers instead.

For a 60 line by 132 column screen the decimal number might be 14492,
but I'm not good in math so take this with a salt shaker.

Lee