>> how can i tell scon that linecounts other than 25 (eg, 43 or 50) do
>> actually work?  it says it can switch to them in the help but a)
>> doesn't seem to be able to and b) even when in 50 line mode (as above)
>> it still doesn't change from 25.  running my console in 132x50 would
>> be kinda neat.
>
>Have you loaded the fonts?
>
>e.g. loadfont -c 1 -f /usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220l.814
>
>This might stop other modes from working, I can't remember for sure.

duh...yeah.  that woiks much better.  thanks...  :)

i was confused because i already *had* a fifty line font on the
screen.

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