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Re: High DPI (4K), laptop screen, mode settings, fonts and initramfs-tools

From Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: High DPI (4K), laptop screen, mode settings, fonts and initramfs-tools
Date 2020-02-22 23:30 +0100
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Alex Yuriev composed on 2020-02-22 15:57 (UTC-0500):

> I have a 4K laptop in a 12" package with Intel HD520. I have been running
> Debian 7 and Debian 8 on it for a while and now I have updated to Debian 10.

> I'm sure that you already have an idea of the issue - the console fonts on
> 4k are tiny, barely usable even at 32px 

Do you need your consoles to be running in native resolution? My kernel cmdlines
usually include this:

	video=1440x900@60
or
	video=1600x900@60

To make fonts nice size. I really have no need for more than 180x56 on consoles,
and my eyes like the big text.
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High DPI (4K), laptop screen, mode settings, fonts and initramfs-tools Alex Yuriev <alex@yuriev.com> - 2020-02-22 22:20 +0100
  Re: High DPI (4K), laptop screen, mode settings, fonts and  initramfs-tools Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2020-02-22 23:30 +0100
  Re: High DPI (4K), laptop screen, mode settings, fonts and initramfs-tools deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-03-02 00:00 +0100

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