Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 21:39:30 -0800 (PST) From: Marc W <mwlist@lanfear.com> To: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com>, Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re:Can't get 132 columns in single-user mode Message-ID: <200103090539.VAA71844@akira.lanfear.com>
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I read just last week on this list that you can add the following
to your kernel config file:
options VESA
and then run the following on the command line:
vidcontrol VESA_132x50 (or 60 for that matter)
i'm now happily running 132x60 on my machine ... now if I just
could figure out the 'right' way to add this to rc.conf ...
marc.
Marc W, San Francisco, CA
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> From: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com>
> To: Questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Can't get 132 columns in single-user mode
> Sent: 03/08/01 20:42>
>
>
> When I boot single-user mode (4.2 RELEASE) I can't get vidcontrol to
> set the 132x43 mode, which works fine otherwise. I get:
>
> vidcontrol: cannot set videomode: Invalid argument
>
> All the usual vidcontrol commands work but "vidcontrol 132x43".
>
> I tried manually loading the font files two different ways, figuring
> something like rc.conf wasn't being parsed, but it didn't help:
>
> vidcontrol -f 8x16 swiss-8x16
> vidcontrol -f 8x16 /usr/share/syscons/fonts/swiss-8x16.fnt
>
>
> I hear that the TERM variable being set to cons25 may be part
> of the problem, but I'm not sure how to change this in single-user
> mode. Suggestions appreciated.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Philip J. Koenig
pjklist@ekahuna.com
> Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New
Millenium
>
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