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From: James Hu <jxh@cs.wustl.edu>
To: Brian                          <brianmcg@mcs.net>
Cc: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: 50 line console
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Brian  <brianmcg@mcs.net> writes:
> I was surprised not to find this in the FAQ: How does one make a
> console screen with 50 or more lines?  I see that cons50 and cons60
> exist, so I would assume that there is a corresponding configuration
> for the display.

This is what I do, which was put together from various suggestions I
found on the newsgroup:

In /etc/sysconfig:

replace: font8x8=NO
with: font8x8=iso-8x8

In /etc/ttys:

replace: ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25  off secure
with: ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/gettywrap v1 /usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons50 on secure

(repeat for ttyv2 if desired)

Create /usr/libexec/gettywrap:

#!/bin/sh
#
/usr/sbin/vidcontrol </dev/tty$1-f font8x8
/usr/sbin/vidcontrol </dev/tty$1 VGA_80x50
shift 1
exec $*

-- James