terminal2k 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2006 ok, being a complete linux n00b I have a question, my brother is looking at learning some linux, problem being the guy has some vision problems. i was wondering if there is an easy way to increase the "command line" text size so it would be possible for him to read and then be able to use. also interested in some zooming software to use on the linux GUIs (you know, like the magnifier thing in doze)i'm sure to have plenty more questions and hope to find the nix heads on Xisto to be really helpful Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeigh1405241495 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2006 In various terminal you can simply go into the preferences and select text size/ font just like is an option in most programs. You can make profiles with various size/font/background color/foreground color setups too if it would be helpful for him.As far as a magnifier, I'm not sure if this is a part of gnome generic or ubuntu specifically (I'm on ubuntu at work right now so checked here) and there are "assistive technology support" under system->preferences that have the basic things doze has (screen reader, on screen keyboard, and magnifier). I assume this is a gnome thing, and I would also guess KDE has something similar but have never really checked before. I know kde has an accessibility project on their site that is being worked on, so I would be surprised if a basic magnifier was not implemented.Regardless, there are options out there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
terminal2k 0 Report post Posted March 21, 2006 In various terminal you can simply go into the preferences and select text size/ font just like is an option in most programs. You can make profiles with various size/font/background color/foreground color setups too if it would be helpful for him. that sounds like your talking about running a terminal window within x, i was referring to the linux command line itself, before you load x (correct me if i'm wrong). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwijibow 0 Report post Posted March 27, 2006 You could disable the frame buffer.Many linux distro are now using the frame buffer by default, as it allows for differant esolutions, font sizes etc etc.either alter the vga= option to a lower resolution, or remove it all-together.after removing it, linux will use the default huge fonts on your video cards bios.EDIT:Ohh yea, i should probably mention where the vga is passed to the kernel too.....its set by your boot manager ( either lilo or grub )grub's config is usually in /boot/grub/menu.lstlilos is usually /etc/lilo.conf ( you need to re-reun lilo as root after altering its config file )i dont know the differant vga= codes for differant resolutions, but they are documented all over the web, google for em. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
