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Date:      Thu, 12 May 2005 10:57:13 -0300
From:      Carlos Alloatti <calloatti@gmail.com>
To:        Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sc_pixel_mode and setting console font size at boot time...
Message-ID:  <1b6c15ea050512065734e90b9a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <428354B0.8030009@ispro.net.tr>
References:  <428354B0.8030009@ispro.net.tr>

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On 5/12/05, Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I have been trying to change the console font size to something smaller
> and if possible I want to change the console resolution to 800x600 or
> 1024x768.
>=20
> I am using a laptop and I compiled my kernel with vesa and sc_pixelmode
> but I am not able to change the text size etc. with vidcontrol even.
>=20
> Any ideas?
>=20
> Thanks,
> Evren
>=20

Show us:
vidcontrol -i mode

Try:
vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600=20

thats if 100x37 is on your list

To do it at startup, edit rc.conf
allscreens_flags=3D"-g 100x37 VESA_800x600"
--=20
Carlos Alloatti
calloatti@gmail.com



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