So I have a basic linux system plugged into my portrait monitor. The monitor is also part of my main Windows system (I manually select inputs to switch between the two). I'm using gnome Ubuntu 14.04 but I intend mostly using the system through TTY ('cause I'm a glutton for punishment like that) I have the TTY rotated correctly by placing fbcon = rotate:3 into the grub command line, which executes during startup. My problem is that that if text is printed the full length of the portrait screen it can actually be printed one line below the bottom of the screen. So you can't actually see the last line. The cursor can end up end up there as well under various circumstances (closing a file edited in nano) so when you type you can't actually see what you are typing. Its a little bit awkward to explain clearly to be honest. Any ideas?
Maybe something like Code: stty rows N where N is the number of rows that can be displayed on the monitor. Otherwise, Code: clear will clear the screen and give you a fresh prompt at the top.
Worked a treat, +rep I have the command as a script called by .bashrc so its executed when logged in. It works fine, but it seems like a messy solution. I found a file called console-setup in /etc/default which allows you to setup the console. The program setupcon when run applies the settings in this file. Setupcon can be added to rc.local to get it to execute on boot. I haven't fully tested this yet (adding setupcon to rc.local) but it seems to be the most integrated solution for making console changes on boot. Either way I'm happy out, everything fits on my screen
