[SOLVED] fbi fbgs will not open PDF files

[Poyntz]

Binary package hint: fbi

Ubuntu Release: Ubuntu 8.10
Package Version: 2.07-1

I expected to see a the unformatted text but instead, after trying to load a PDF file through the fbgs package of fbi
(ie, in bash: fbgs 355Lecture10_Governing_Internet.pdf )

I got the following output:

### rendering pages, please wait ... ###

GPL Ghostscript 8.63 (2008-08-01)
Copyright (C) 2008 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
   **** Warning: File has an invalid xref entry: 34. Rebuilding xref table.
Processing pages 1 through 7.
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6
Page 7

   **** This file had errors that were repaired or ignored.
   **** The file was produced by:
   **** >>>> Mac OS X 10.5.5 Quartz PDFContext <<<<
   **** Please notify the author of the software that produced this
   **** file that it does not conform to Adobe's published PDF
   **** specification.

using "DejaVu Sans Mono-16", pixelsize=16.67 file=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf
ioctl VT_GETSTATE: Invalid argument (not a linux console?)

[Poyntz (poyntz)]

Ok. I've discovered the way to fix this is to do the following.

Open /boot/grub/menu.lst in a text editor:

Search for defoptions= and add the vga=791 after # defoptions=quiet splash

Then search for /boot/vmlinuz and add vga=791 to the end of the line

- this makes the dimensions of shell adequate to support fbi
((other resolutions may work as well, I haven't tested them though))