Re: Increase mc fontsize ?

mi composed on 2026-01-09 01:13 (UTC+0100):

>> I have configured switchable X modes along my default in xorg.conf, it will be fine

> Oh but i just now find that switching these X modes (configured as modelines in /etc/X11/xorg.conf) won't work anymore. 

xrandr can be used for changing modes in Xorg. There's a similar tool for Wayland
users.

> Maybe because the 'video=' parameter overides them or the framebuffer (with xorg) does not allow for that kind of on-the-fly switching ?

> It's a little bit of a pity because in the past i encountered some non-desktop-integrated apps (outside of any repo) where i didn't know how to enlarge their tiny fonts. And then it was convenient to just enlarge the screen.

> But anyway they are not that essential and also, some of them got better desktop integration, over the years.

video= should not impact X at all, with one exception. What GPU do you have?

Please share your I/O from running in a GUI terminal:

	inxi -GSaz
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