font too small after upgrade server to 10.04

Upgraded a server to 10.04. Login font starts with a 6 pt or smaller font. A new install also starts with a small font that is smaller than i'd like. Can't find any documentation on how to change the server terminal font.

Using different resolution on the console (virtual terminal)

This solution is not recommended for desktop computer, or machine running X Window in general.

If you would like to configure virtual terminal for higher resolution (for example, to be able to view more text in a single screen), you will need to configure your Ubuntu server to use the frame buffer for console display.

Various modules (drivers) can be used for this purpose, depending on the display adapter (graphic card) installed on the machine in question. The vesafb module should work on any machine whose display adapter conform to the VESA standard, which would be most of the hardware on the market today. We will use that module in this solution.

1. Edit the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer as the super-user, and comment the "blacklist vesafb" by prefixing it with a hash sign (the "#").

2. Edit the file /etc/modules as the super-user, and add a line with "vesafb" by itself.

3. Edit the file /etc/initramfs-tools/modules , and add two lines with "vesafb" and "fbcon" respectively.

4. Regenerate your initramfs with the command:

$ sudo update-initramfs -u

5. Edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst as super-user. Look for line such as:

$ # defoptions=quiet splash

Despite the leading hash sign, this line is an actual configuration directive used by the update-grub tool to regenerate the boot entries found at the bottom of the file. Remove the "splash" option on this line, and add a "vga=xxx" option, where "xxx" is a valid kernel VESA mode. Possible modes are 791 (1024x768, 16 bits depth), 771 (800x600, 8 bits depth) and others; please see the Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt in the kernel source for more examples.

6. Regenerate the GRUB configuration with the command:

$ sudo update-grub

7. Reboot

If the video mode you specified in /boot/grub/menu.lst above is incorrect for your hardware, you will get an error right after GRUB in the boot sequence. It will be proposed to press Enter to see a list of available video modes; if you do so, you will be able to enter a mode manually, in hexadecimal (791 above become 317, 771 become 303, etc; see Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt for possible value).