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Date:      Sun, 24 Sep 1995 04:19:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
To:        turetta@trust.stylo.italia.com (Angelo Turetta)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 50 lines on the console?
Message-ID:  <199509241119.EAA05291@ref.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: <3062E1C5@trust.stylo.italia.com> from "Angelo Turetta" at Sep 22, 95 07:30:00 pm

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you need to load a font that allows it first

try
vidcontrol -f 8x8 /usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso-8x8
vidcontrol VGA_80x50

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> 
> SECOND POSTING: NEXT TIME WILL POST TO -HACKERS
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running 2.0.5R.
> How can I change the settings of the console screen ?
> 
> I would like to have 50 lines on my screen, but if I change
> the related parameters in sysconfig I can apply the changes
> only to the first virtual console, and at the moment the
> screen buffer size changes, all the boot messages are lost.
> 
> Is it possible to change some settings so all the virtual consoles
> are 50 lines high immediately, starting from the hw probing?
> Or at least how can I set all the virtual consoles at once from
> sysconfig.
> 
> Thanks for help
> 
> Angelo Turetta
> Stylo Multimedia - Bologna - ITALY
> aturetta@stylo.italia.com
> 




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