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Date:      Wed, 5 Dec 2001 01:17:35 +0000
From:      Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net>
To:        David Loszewski <stealth@ne.mediaone.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: making text size smaller in the console - Plz help!!!!!
Message-ID:  <20011205011735.F3320@twincat.vladsempire.net>
In-Reply-To: <3C0DBA11.5000702@ne.mediaone.net>; from stealth@ne.mediaone.net on Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 01:09:21AM -0500
References:  <3C0DBA11.5000702@ne.mediaone.net>

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On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 01:09:21AM -0500, David Loszewski wrote:
> I'm running FreeBSD on a laptop so the text size on the console is huge, 
> how do I make this smaller? I tried using the vidcontrol to change the 
> resolution but half the resolutions weren't supported and the ones that 
> were made everything look really out of proportion.  Can someone help me 
> with this plz?
> 
> Dave
> 

vidcontrol is the way to go.  Did you play around with the fonts when 
you were checking modes?  It took me a bit to find a good combo for my 
laptop, too.

Josh


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