Changing console font/screen size

[Berserker]

I have just got myself a nice big monitor, and as with my Mac, I'd like to adjust the resolution on my Linux box (console) for a better fit.

Is there a command I can use to change the console height (lines) and/or width (columns), and/or the console font?

Thanks.

 

[Berserker]

Yeah, under X it's easy, but that's not what I'm after. Thanks though.

 

[Berserker]

Yup - real, honest to goodness commandline. You don't think I waste folding cycles on a GUI now, do you?

OK, that's the font. Any ideas on the text size (it's a bit big right now - so more lines would make sense).

 

[Berserker]

Tried the framebuffer, but for some reason my ATI drivers don't live well with it, so on the rare occasion I do want a GUI the system freezes. It's supposed to work but I cba fixing it right now as I'm switching to nVidia soon anyway.

 

[Berserker]

hehe... or maybe more realistic ascii pr0n in lynx?!!

Oh yes, viva la ascii pr0n.

Anyway, all of this seems to rely on vesafb or some other fb, which seems to not like my setup as stated earlier. I'll try again when I have the inclination (it's not the end of the world).

 

[Berserker]

I got the console framebuffer working (figured out what I did wrong last time). \o/

Only problem now is I can't get X into a widescreen mode, no matter what settings I throw at it.