changing console fonts?

[Kurt Wall]

On Friday 06 May 2005 12:27, Net Llama! enlightened us thusly:
> On Thu, 5 May 2005, Kurt Wall wrote:
> > On Thursday 05 May 2005 19:06, Net Llama! enlightened us thusly:
> > > On Thu, 5 May 2005, Kurt Wall wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 05 May 2005 14:14, Net Llama! enlightened us thusly:
> > > > > Anyone know the magic that will let me change the console
> > > > > font size ? I want/need to change to 80x50 or 132x60 from the
> > > > > default 80x25. setfont seems to be related, but doesn't seem
> > > > > to make the change permanent.
> > > >
> > > > Use the framebuffer driver for your frame buffer card and set a
> > > > suitable resolution. For my matrox cards, the boot-time
> > > > argument is something like matroxfb:video=matroxfb:vesa:0xNNN,
> > > > where NNN is documented in $KRNSRC/Documentation/fb/*txt. You
> > > > can use fbset -a after you've booted.
> > >
> > > something tells me that won't work with an nvidia card.
> >
> > But if will if you use the rivafb driver.
>
> ok, but isn't that an alternative to the 'nv' or 'nvidia' X driver? 
> I can't use both rivafb and nvidia simultaneously, right?

Ah, yes. I'd forgotten about that.

The nvidia X driver your employer distributes complains if the rivafb
framebuffer (for the console) is loaded and won't install. I haven't had 
this problem with the nv X driver. In fact, until I started using 
NVIDIA's driver, I used rivafb on the console and nv in X without any
problems. But, yes, the nvidia X driver and the rivafb driver don't play
nicely together.

Kurt