March 28, 201610 yr I'm hooking up multiple unraid servers (all latest version) through a Belkin KVM. The problem is that the lst 4 or 5 lines in the display are beyond the bottom of the screen. So I need to be able to adjust the video resolution of the display or the number of lines displayed on the screen (i.e. <20?). Not seeing any discussion on how to do this. Had anyone else used a KVM with unraid? I have a Belkin OmniCable F1D094 (older unit). Its supposed to handle up to 1600x1200 resolution. I have a monitor that works up to 1600x1080, so there should be no issues there. One server has an ASUS p8z77 LK motherboard (with onboard VGA supporting up to 1920x1080), the other is an ASUS M5AM97 EVO with an older VGA Adapter (HP ATI Radeon X300 SE 128MB PCIe DVI S Video Card 398332-001). So all the resolutions should be acceptable. So the only thing I can think of to do is to adjust the display resolution in unRaid. Just not sure how to do that. I've searched online for changing config, but its some SUDO utility which does not work on unRaid... Thanks in advance!
March 28, 201610 yr Author I need to either reduce the number of rows displayed on the console (local, not telnet) or I need to change the resolution to fit the monitor so it can display all the content. At the moment, the last 5 lines or so of the display are below the bottom of the screen. So I can only see what's there by hitting return several times...and typing very carefully ...
March 28, 201610 yr I need to either reduce the number of rows displayed on the console (local, not telnet) or I need to change the resolution to fit the monitor so it can display all the content. At the moment, the last 5 lines or so of the display are below the bottom of the screen. So I can only see what's there by hitting return several times...and typing very carefully ... Most monitors include an auto adjust function to fix that exact problem. However... I have found that many times they will "helpfully" auto adjust back the way they were any time video signal is lost or the monitor is power cycled, so that may not be a good long term solution. Couldn't hurt to try it out though.
March 28, 201610 yr Author Might be able to do it via syslinux.cfg I've looked at that, but not seeing anything helpful. Know anywhere I can get specifics? Google not showing anything of value (syslinux.cfg display lines resolution etc...)...
March 28, 201610 yr Author I need to either reduce the number of rows displayed on the console (local, not telnet) or I need to change the resolution to fit the monitor so it can display all the content. At the moment, the last 5 lines or so of the display are below the bottom of the screen. So I can only see what's there by hitting return several times...and typing very carefully ... Most monitors include an auto adjust function to fix that exact problem. However... I have found that many times they will "helpfully" auto adjust back the way they were any time video signal is lost or the monitor is power cycled, so that may not be a good long term solution. Couldn't hurt to try it out though. Great suggestion, and the first thing I tried - unfortunately it did not make a difference.
March 28, 201610 yr Community Expert Here You can edit syslinux in the webUI at Main - Boot Device - Flash - Syslinux Configuration.
March 28, 201610 yr I need to either reduce the number of rows displayed on the console (local, not telnet) or I need to change the resolution to fit the monitor so it can display all the content. At the moment, the last 5 lines or so of the display are below the bottom of the screen. So I can only see what's there by hitting return several times...and typing very carefully ... I can see clearly now You could try adding this after append vga=code from the below link Go to this link to find the appropriate code. 867 I would guess.
March 28, 201610 yr Author I can see clearly now You could try adding this after append vga=code from the below link Go to this link to find the appropriate code. 867 I would guess. Hmmm, seems like it should work. I've tried several different settings, but none of them make any change in the display characteristics. Each change, exactly 22 lines display. Is there somewhere I can change the default font size?
March 28, 201610 yr Author Thought I might edit the file /etc/default/console-setup and change the FONTSIZE variable. Unfortunately, this file/function does not seem to be part of unRaid...
March 28, 201610 yr Community Expert Back when I was on V5 I set it to vga=6 following that post I linked and it is still like that. I get 80x60 like that on 2 different monitors and probably had more than one mobo/cpu during that time also.
March 29, 201610 yr Author Go to this link to find the appropriate code. 867 I would guess. Hmmm, seems like it should work. I've tried several different settings, but none of them make any change in the display characteristics. Each change, exactly 22 lines display. Is there somewhere I can change the default font size? I made a mistake by putting the code on a line by itself and not on the same as the append command. I've tried 867, but the display stated Undefined Video Mode Number: 363. (363 when vga=867 and 342 when vga=834). According to the monitor, the resolution is reported at 640x350, so I'm obviously not being able to set the monitor resolution properly... VGA=extended did change the display, but it was hard to read. Here's the syslinux.cfg file default /syslinux/menu.c32 menu title Lime Technology prompt 0 timeout 50 label unRAID OS menu default kernel /bzimage append initrd=/bzroot vga=824 label unRAID OS Safe Mode (no plugins) kernel /bzimage append initrd=/bzroot unraidsafemode label Memtest86+ kernel /memtest
March 29, 201610 yr Author Back when I was on V5 I set it to vga=6 following that post I linked and it is still like that. I get 80x60 like that on 2 different monitors and probably had more than one mobo/cpu during that time also. That worked. vga=6 was very hard to read, so trying some other options. vga=4 was better. I've been looking online for a list of the modes, but only finding 3 digit tables. Do you have a link to the single number mode list? What about loading a cleaner font? Any options there with unRaid?
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