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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Restoring sc console look and feel with vt
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On Tue, 05 Sep 2017 09:56:48 -0400, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> Add this to /boot/loader.conf to return to sc mode.
> kern.vty=sc
> 
> or this to tell vt to use text mode which looks and feels like sc
> hw.vga.textmode=1
> 
> thats a digit one

Tried, but doesn't work.

With sc:

text (normal) -> X (works) -> black

or

text (normal) -> X (throws error) -> black

With vt:

text (boots normal, but then too small) -> X (works) -> text (too small)

or

text (boots normal and stays that way) -> X (works) -> text (now too small)



Reverting to sc is _not_ an option. I assume it will be removed
from the system at some point in the future, that's why dealing
with vt and configuring it is probably the right way to go.



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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