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Date:      Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:50:56 -0500
From:      Ken Stevenson <ken@abbott.allenmyland.com>
To:        Micah <micahjon@ywave.com>
Cc:        Mehmet Fatih AKBULUT <mfatihakbulut@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: konsole font size and colour ?
Message-ID:  <20060120035056.GA92207@abbott.allenmyland.com>
In-Reply-To: <43CD09E9.9040701@ywave.com>
References:  <eed667140601170524s28df330bidee5388aba123150@mail.gmail.com> <43CD09E9.9040701@ywave.com>

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On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 07:14:49AM -0800, Micah wrote:
> Mehmet Fatih AKBULUT wrote:
> >hi all,
> >how can i resize konsole' font size and change its colour to green ?
> >the default size is so huge, and only a few lines can be seen on the 
> >screen.
> >help please,
> >thanks in advance,
> >regards,
> >bye.
> >[for debian i can edit /boot/grub/menu.lst but dont know what to do for
> >freebsd.]
> 
> Not sure what your asking because Konsole (a KDE terminal emulator) and 
> GRUB (a boot loader) have little in common.
> 
> For Konsole, everything you need to change the size is under the 
> "Settings" menu, specifically "font" and "size." To get it to stick, use 
> "save as default". Preset colors schemes can be set via "schema" and can 
> be customized via "configure konsole"
> 
> I've never run into a GRUB option that allows you to change it's size. 
> You'll still edit menu.lst, but it's located wherever you installed GRUB.
> 
> HTH,
> Micah

I haven't done this for a while, but here's what I have on my system:

In your kernel configuration:

options VESA

In rc.conf :

font8x8="/usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso02-8x8.fnt
allscreens_flags="132x43"

-- 
Ken Stevenson
Allen-Myland Inc.



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