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On Wed, 12 May 2004 23:02:10 +0800
"Jeremy Saville" <jemsav@iafrica.com> wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I'm installing freebsd on a i386 machine, using the iso image off
> linuxiso.org
> 
> Once I configure my mouse and keyboard (ps/2 mouse, microsoft
> natural keyboard) the text goes completely wonky. Huge gaps between
> lettering and I cannot read any of the instructions beyond that
> point.
> 
> Please can you point me in the direction of the relevant FAQ.

Trying to config X?

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html

also, check out xf86cfg -textmode