[gentoo-user] Switching from X to textmode resets textmode to 25 lines

[gentoo-user] Switching from X to textmode resets textmode to 25 lines

[Walter Dnes]

  I switch between the X gui and true textmode a lot.  To get the most
out of textmode, I set /etc/conf.d/consolefont to

CONSOLEFONT="lat1-10"

  This puts the normal VGA console into 80 columns X 40 rows.  Setting

vga = 6

in /etc/lilo.conf (or equivalant GRUB config file), in combination with
lat1-10, gives 80 columns x 48 rows.  This does *NOT* require
SVGATextmode.  And because it uses a 10 pixel high font, it's much more
readable than the 50-row display from using CGA fonts (8 pixels high) on
a VGA.

  I've been doing this for years, but now I've run into a problem on one
machine.  It has an nVidia G72 [GeForce 7300 LE] card running the nvidia
driver.  When I switch from X to a text console ( either shut down X or
use {CTRL-ALT-F1} ), all text consoles get kicked back into 25 row
mode.  The bottom 15 or 23 rows are invisible.  I can blindly type
"setfont lat1-10" at a command prompt, and get back to 40 or 48 row
mode.

  I now login on tty5 and type the setfont command first thing.  When
switching out of X, I can {CTRL-ALT-F5}, and hit up-arrow and enter
(bash history) but it's still a nuisance.  How can I stop this from
happening?

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>