From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   John Forkosh  wrote:   
   > Rich  wrote:   
   >> Mike Spencer  wrote:   
   >>> So now I need  further advice on suppressing the switch to tiny   
   >>> console font.   
   >   
   >> Try what is suggested here:   
   >>     https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/   
   >>     console-terminus-font-size-4175489795/   
   >   
   > I had the identical problem, eventually solved differently...   
   > in directory  /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/  place a file named   
   >  11-monitor.conf   
   > containing the four lines...   
   >   
   > Section "Monitor"   
   >    Identifier "HDMI-3"   
   >    Option "PreferredMode" "2560x1440"   
   > EndSection   
   >   
      
   That adjusts the video mode that X uses when it is running.   
      
   The OP is referring to the video mode used by the text consoles (i.e.,   
   no X is running).   
      
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