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From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
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Subject: Re: Default Kernel Font and Resolution
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On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 07:17:12PM -0400, Apple Byte wrote:
> 
> 	Does ANYONE know how to change the default kernel font in
> FreeBSD release 5.3 or 5.4? I would like to chance my font size and
> resolution from boot, so far I have only been able to use vidcontrol
> from my rc.conf to change the font and res but that doesn't take
> effect until near the end of the boot process.  I would like to find
> some way of compiling it into the kernel.  Anyone? Beuler? Beuler?
> Anyone...  Please..

I would suggest you read the syscons(4) manpage carefully, paying
special attention to the SC_DFLT_FONT kernel option, to find out how to
change the default font.

There does not seem to be any option to change the default resolution,
so you are probably stuck with using vidcontrol for that.


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