MiSTer FPGA Forum

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2022 1:40 pm**

Hi,

it is possible to enable the Linux terminal on the screen by enabling the scaler and setting a CRT resolution on MiSTer.ini

With this example, you can press F9 to open a console or start a script from the menu and follow the output.

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[MiSTer]
vga_scaler=1
video_mode=640,16,88,64,240,6,5,13,12700

This works well but as the vga_scaler=1 is on the main ini section, the scaler is enabled for every other cores, making them look weird.

Is there a solution to enable the scaler only for mister core (the main menu) ?

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2022 1:51 pm**

use the [main] header to apply ini settings to just the main menu

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[main]
direct_video=1

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2022 1:57 pm**

FoxbatStargazer wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 1:51 pm use the [main] header to apply ini settings to just the main menu

Oh ! Thanks a lot, i didn't know that

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2022 5:40 pm**

Unfortunately it doesn't work, the [main] section of MiSTer.ini seems ignored
Here is the result with

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[MiSTer]
fb_terminal=1
...
 
[main]
# Allow linux temrinal on my CRT
vga_scaler=1
video_mode=640,16,88,64,240,6,5,13,12700

Posted: **Thu Nov 10, 2022 7:31 am**

The solution was to name the section [menu] on the ini.
Now it works well on my CRT

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[MiSTer]
fb_terminal=1
...
 
[menu]
# Allow linux temrinal on my CRT
vga_scaler=1
video_mode=640,16,88,64,240,6,5,13,12700

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