Jamie wrote: > Kevin you can try this: > The gnome-terminal uses a termcap file for its basic settings. > > sudo gedit /usr/share/vte/termcap/xterm > > Look for a line about 1/3 of the way down that looks like this: > > :co#80:it#8:li#24:\ > > To change the number of columns, change the co# number, in this case > 80. To change the number of rows, change the li# number, in this case > 24. > > You must exit all gnome-terminal processes before the changes take > effect. That worked a treat - xterm was in /opt/gnome/share/vte/termcap but one expects small variations across distros... ...Kevin -- Kevin Miller Registered Linux User No: 307357 CBJ MIS Dept. Network Systems Admin., Mail Admin. 155 South Seward Street ph: (907) 586-0242 Juneau, Alaska 99801 fax: (907 586-4500 ------------------------------------ The Juneau Linux Users Group -- http://www.juneau-lug.org This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject header.