# slow tty

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/slow-tty/30513>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Created:** [August 21, 2013, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/slow-tty/30513 "2013-08-21T09:44:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![frpatte](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@frpatte](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/frpatte)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/slow-tty/30513/1 "2013-08-21T09:44:46Z")

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Bonjour,

My nvidia graphic card is GeForce 7800 GTX. Running 304.88 nvidia driver on debian sid (kernel 3.2.0-4-amd64).

While displaying a long text, it takes .006951163 second in an rxvt terminal and more that 12s in tty.

Is it possible to configure the tty display to increase its speed.

Thank you.

François Patte

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**Author:** ![aplattner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/aplattner/32/14043_2.png) [@aplattner](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/aplattner)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/slow-tty/30513/2 "2013-08-26T21:25:12Z")

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Are you talking about the VGA text console you get when X is not running? No, it’s not possible to speed that up.

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**Author:** ![birdie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/birdie/32/10073_2.png) [@birdie](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/birdie)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/slow-tty/30513/3 "2013-08-27T07:44:47Z")

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If you’re using VesaFB, use this kernel boot parameter:

```auto
video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap

```

It makes Vesa blazingly fast.