From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Sep 5 18:38:00 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B120E17F72 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 18:38:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22d.google.com (mail-io0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3BCEF66DBA for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 18:37:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id y123so19353872iod.0 for ; Tue, 05 Sep 2017 11:37:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=gM3VTVk8YJYmfw5mo3zGR7u1Vq6QgRkNY/VuhwJ82QQ=; b=Qb0QK1BF8AyVxa6tJMwZCbP0/L/jtsBxY+gp8R50QEjEHj9xNoY7OIFsW7WeNrqGkZ iugRnhQ5ZF+LoU9/daVXky72kZJvAfNmY/4LIiZ5ZR8uZppRZZdr7m2JE4codq0osHi4 HtYQLPcPmYsZoXISAO4GSpwOHUkt8RrN+bzbjpH9J2oAq9lHFYBGr1fdqTJDZKdatuP2 r2O7ehFNCkIrB0xjomFKwqZx3aOhhNot4w62pKRpBqqWqLvP87DGWVNETzykKuzROwI2 iRXcw37CUy+P7NQ3ZLOcS2H98AGiCe8ihCDYXHXzmp++PvFFUtOxgMhtGdGtOJ9y66GV 9OzQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=gM3VTVk8YJYmfw5mo3zGR7u1Vq6QgRkNY/VuhwJ82QQ=; b=cFDPuxNLBxFa3x1WU9tnLfWt4onWysXqXSPKu5sjQDYIfam4KBZGHJElIu1H36oWGM RWlj2fRqw1bxvBDlgdoGtxo+dsJeiQ/8vm9FfUxFWm+lA7s5wCT2RAyKHeiPyOKwNdDW jup74zY3txxEvkE06WprZfl8p1xgwfSLwOvFr+Otp2o5VYnXOh8pu5SxPa9xeOt9r8p6 tNMohrqwNEy2MJVq9IYEoY7Uzu/5P2QUdG0GSGTCa/9JjrnI94HLGRY9mXyyy6WoD78e acc0nf3HJueCyrmNSUdQyOiL12s/adhnS4cseumAhGntzyk2WzWQwhkKZTyy+xVPR0aU jyWw== X-Gm-Message-State: AHPjjUj3SDj+cqs05HEp8pIll43BJRNof3lKBICFB/r91O4Ym0/2CkoT jOQOTpdjEhcf4eLSh0lY9JPegMp+kQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADKCNb61eI1QkF6vO0mfyq5DNpD8ecpp4CKxJmyuGUn8OEOy5MpV6xPuoBpyG2a0c3csxnhIc0N+8L541upNofWbMQg= X-Received: by 10.107.129.85 with SMTP id c82mr4962159iod.17.1504636678405; Tue, 05 Sep 2017 11:37:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.2.145.141 with HTTP; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 11:37:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20170905201840.ae6b53ee.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20170905151245.f592508c.freebsd@edvax.de> <59AEAD20.8050006@gmail.com> <20170905201840.ae6b53ee.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Adam Vande More Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 13:37:57 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Restoring sc console look and feel with vt To: Polytropon Cc: Ernie Luzar , FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:38:00 -0000 On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Polytropon wrote: > 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. > I'm having a hard time understanding if your console text is too small or your windowed text. If the latter, then vt settings will not help. For the former, removing the previous advice from loader.conf would be the first step. Then you should be able to find an acceptable setting experimenting with vidcontrol eg resolution/fonts. -- Adam