From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 21 01:20:47 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 465A6C78 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:20:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x22c.google.com (mail-ie0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22c]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 16322832 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:20:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f172.google.com with SMTP id rl12so201414iec.31 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:20:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=s0XDczpmFS0n35M3PkciwSDiMsbUE9Hkh1XvLxBqn0c=; b=VU11KmkVXtxMWub9mNHXfOi/0hpT2ZOi8JGNoxnLJl8CptZNLJm3n1+1p1HD/oYunE qX76ZNO9WzYtkGdRVfuBKFbemM9hTPfC5PdhljCoiRs6NHkHDz2H+3MESBOSWaoPa/Tx P8grw38A+pR54qyfPSI12wOlMgjxhpSQ66IC1Nat8fLiVls3onhx904vesWbW97uol1o a6HfNmOQZbr8DiVNb1tNjMEyVF75ToKQfTffR996qwkXQlPrxVBXPuxBmrH5kugaHIly m6bOfU8pr6n2Y95CTU7uF3Yqsx4/J3Cv+O/e53VO9zRao+O2gfrobpupyNThNPTsdQt4 SOxA== X-Received: by 10.107.158.80 with SMTP id h77mr33662303ioe.41.1413854446470; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:20:46 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: carpeddiem@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.29.132 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:20:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4490c8c4d489370c7617c0ace9e773be.squirrel@s4bysmmsnraf7eut.onion> References: <4490c8c4d489370c7617c0ace9e773be.squirrel@s4bysmmsnraf7eut.onion> From: Ed Maste Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:20:25 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 6cd4wdbNnn3ALN85xrbvUQFqCg8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: vt(4) "newcons" and 80x25 vty? (tested: 10.1-BETA2) To: beeessdee@ruggedinbox.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-stable stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:20:47 -0000 On 25 September 2014 11:31, wrote: > > A. How to force 80x25 terminal, even if it does not use > whole screen? This will be the quick workaround! There are no tunables or configuration options at the moment to limit the terminal size, but I agree this would be a sensible addition to accomplish what you're looking for, especially in combination with a larger font. > B. Where are sources for Gallant? What program is used to > create it? A brief web search did not reveal this. We had a copy in FreeBSD, in sys/dev/fb/gallant12x22.c, which was obtained from NetBSD. http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/wsfont/gallant12x22.h?only_with_tag=MAIN To me it doesn't seem like a that great of a console font, but is notable for being (a) relatively large and (b) BSD licensed. > C. Any work in font besides Gallant? (Sorry, it is matter > of taste!) I would try make my own, but I am not font > talent. > > D. Any suggestions from font guys of non-Xorg program to > rasterize OpenType fonts, make Metafont rasters into > the appropriate format, etc.? As mentioned in my other recent email, vtfontcvt(8) can convert BDF format bitmap fonts for use by vt(4), and there are many to choose from. I'm happy to take a look at importing into the base system a larger font with a suitable license, if one is found. > E. Side question: Is vgl(3) being supported or replaced with > vt(4) newcons? (Have not tested; but at the brief look, it > all ioctls changed around.) Not yet. > F. How to set screen resolution, with not working vidcontrol(1)? Right now the resolution is set by the driver to match the attached display, or a fixed 640x480 for VGA, and there's no knob to change it.