Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 11:08:17 -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: <1b6c15ea0505120708b01950a@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, > > 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. > > 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. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Evren > And also, are you loading fonts in rc.conf? Check man vidcontrol, load all 3 font sizes in rc.conf font8x8="somefont" font8x14="somefont" font8x16="somefont" You can use sysinstall to load fonts in rc.conf (in 5.3 at least) -- Carlos Alloatti calloatti@gmail.comhelp
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