Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 13:42:45 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> To: "Dragon Knight ][" <dragonk@mato.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Video Modes Message-ID: <19990731134245.A272@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <000a01bedb03$b1edf760$0101a8c0@mato.com>; from Dragon Knight ][ on Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 09:20:49PM -0600 References: <000a01bedb03$b1edf760$0101a8c0@mato.com>
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On Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 09:20:49PM -0600, Dragon Knight ][ wrote:
> I was just reading some of the info on displaying
> splash screens at bootup, about compiling VESA
> into ones kernel, etc., etc. And this got me
> wondering, if its possible to do this, could one
> have their terminal display in 800x600 or whatever
> resolution one chooses so as to have mucho
> more text on the screen? Or am I just dreaming?
>
If you mean greater than 80 x 25 screens then VESA doesn't matter,
FreeBSD can drive text screens (ttyv*) at many different sizes.
Check out vidcontrol(1), and look at the ``mode'' option. I run
mine at 80x30. This what I add to /etc/rc.conf (you will probably
want different fonts and keymap):
font8x8="iso-8x8"
font8x14="iso-8x14"
font8x16="iso-thin-8x16"
keymap="uk.cp850.swap"
allscreens_flags="-m on VGA_80x30"
> Thanks,
> Samuel
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