I'm at a loss here - what do I need to do to enable a larger-than-normal console in my Gentoo install? I'm kind of incompetent at compiling kernels, as I've never had to do it. I started with Linux ...

I just got a laptop setup with Debian (testing) that will only be console based--no X or native GUI. Right now I am using a framebuffer based console as that seemed to work best for getting decent ...