diff --git a/input.cpp b/input.cpp
index 6d7578e..7a91bb2 100644
--- a/input.cpp
+++ b/input.cpp
@@ -2373,7 +2373,9 @@ static void input_cb(struct input_event *ev, struct input_absinfo *absinfo, int
 	}
 }
 
-static struct pollfd pool[NUMDEV + 1];
+#define CMD_FIFO "/dev/MiSTer_cmd"
+
+static struct pollfd pool[NUMDEV + 2];
 
 int input_test(int getchar)
 {
@@ -2390,6 +2392,12 @@ int input_test(int getchar)
 		signal(SIGINT, INThandler);
 		pool[NUMDEV].fd = set_watch();
 		pool[NUMDEV].events = POLLIN;
+
+		unlink(CMD_FIFO);
+		mkfifo(CMD_FIFO, 0666);
+
+		pool[NUMDEV+1].fd = open(CMD_FIFO, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
+		pool[NUMDEV+1].events = POLLIN;
 		state++;
 	}
 
@@ -2606,7 +2614,7 @@ int input_test(int getchar)
 
 	if (state == 2)
 	{
-		int return_value = poll(pool, NUMDEV + 1, (is_menu_core() && video_fb_state()) ? 500 : 0);
+		int return_value = poll(pool, NUMDEV + 2, (is_menu_core() && video_fb_state()) ? 500 : 0);
 		if (return_value < 0)
 		{
 			printf("ERR: poll\n");
@@ -2963,6 +2971,18 @@ int input_test(int getchar)
 					}
 				}
 			}
+
+			if ((pool[NUMDEV + 1].fd >= 0) && (pool[NUMDEV + 1].revents & POLLIN))
+			{
+				static char cmd[1024];
+				int len = read(pool[NUMDEV + 1].fd, cmd, sizeof(cmd) - 1);
+				if (len)
+				{
+					cmd[len] = 0;
+					printf("MiSTer_cmd: %s\n", cmd);
+					if (!strncmp(cmd, "fb_cmd", 6)) video_cmd(cmd);
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (cur_leds != leds_state)
diff --git a/menu.cpp b/menu.cpp
index 1471f0a..fee2479 100644
--- a/menu.cpp
+++ b/menu.cpp
@@ -820,11 +820,10 @@ void HandleUI(void)
 		case KEY_F1:
 			if (is_menu_core())
 			{
-				unsigned long status = ((user_io_8bit_set_status(0, 0) >> 1) & 7) + 1;
-				status <<= 1;
+				unsigned long status = (user_io_8bit_set_status(0, 0)+ 2) & 0xE;
 				user_io_8bit_set_status(status, 0xE);
 				FileSaveConfig(user_io_create_config_name(), &status, 4);
-				video_menu_bg((status >> 1) & 7);
+				video_menu_bg(status >> 1);
 			}
 			break;
 
diff --git a/video.cpp b/video.cpp
index 187ffa9..0688c6c 100644
--- a/video.cpp
+++ b/video.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/vt.h>
+#include <fcntl.h> 
+#include <sys/stat.h> 
+#include <sys/types.h> 
+#include <unistd.h> 
 
 #include "hardware.h"
 #include "user_io.h"
@@ -633,6 +637,7 @@ void video_fb_enable(int enable, int n)
 		}
 
 		DisableIO();
+		if (is_menu_core()) user_io_8bit_set_status((fb_enabled && !fb_num) ? 0x160 : 0, 0x1E0);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1022,11 +1027,54 @@ int video_chvt(int num)
 		int fd;
 		if ((fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_RDONLY)) >= 0)
 		{
-			if (ioctl(fd, VT_ACTIVATE, cur_vt)) printf("ioctl VT_ACTIVATE fails\n");
-			if (ioctl(fd, VT_WAITACTIVE, cur_vt)) printf("ioctl VT_WAITACTIVE fails\n");
+			if (ioctl(fd, VT_ACTIVATE, cur_vt)) printf("ioctl VT_ACTIVATE fails\n");
+			if (ioctl(fd, VT_WAITACTIVE, cur_vt)) printf("ioctl VT_WAITACTIVE fails\n");
 			close(fd);
 		}
 	}
 
 	return cur_vt ? cur_vt : 1;
 }
+
+void video_cmd(char *cmd)
+{
+	if (video_fb_state())
+	{
+		int accept = 0;
+		if (!strncmp(cmd, "fb_cmd0 ", 8))
+		{
+			int fmt, rb, div;
+			if (sscanf(cmd + 8, "%d %d %d", &fmt, &rb, &div) == 3)
+			{
+				if ((fmt == 1555 || fmt == 565 || fmt == 8888) && (rb == 0 || rb == 1) && (div == 1 || div == 2 || div == 4))
+				{
+					int width = v_cur.item[1] / div;
+					int height = v_cur.item[5] / div;
+					int stride = ((width * ((fmt == 8888) ? 4 : 2)) + 255) & ~255;
+
+					printf("fb_cmd: new mode: %dx%d color=%d stride=%d\n", width, height, fmt, stride);
+
+					int sc_fmt = (fmt == 1555) ? 0 : (fmt == 565) ? 3 : 2;
+
+					spi_uio_cmd_cont(UIO_SET_FBUF);
+					spi_w((sc_fmt << 1) | (rb << 3) | 1); // format, enable flag
+					spi_w((uint16_t)FB_ADDR); // base address low word
+					spi_w(FB_ADDR >> 16);     // base address high word
+					spi_w(width);             // frame width
+					spi_w(height);            // frame height
+					spi_w(0);                 // scaled left
+					spi_w(v_cur.item[1] - 1); // scaled right
+					spi_w(0);                 // scaled top
+					spi_w(v_cur.item[5] - 1); // scaled bottom
+					DisableIO();
+
+					sprintf(cmd, "echo %d %d %d %d %d >/sys/module/MiSTer_fb/parameters/mode", fmt, rb, width, height, stride);
+					system(cmd);
+					accept = 1;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!accept) printf("video_cmd: unknown command or format.");
+	}
+}
diff --git a/video.h b/video.h
index b2257a5..6c6647d 100644
--- a/video.h
+++ b/video.h
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ void video_fb_enable(int enable, int n = 0);
 int video_fb_state();
 void video_menu_bg(int n);
 int video_chvt(int num);
+void video_cmd(char *cmd);
 
 #endif // VIDEO_H