Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 19:42:06 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: mayuresh@kathe.in Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to change text-console resolution Message-ID: <20181223194206.1833f3df.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <55b5d06209acb007b2f4f9a4052e77b7@kathe.in> References: <55b5d06209acb007b2f4f9a4052e77b7@kathe.in>
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On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 18:49:49 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > is there any way to change the resolution of a regular text console? i > am not referring to x11/xorg here, just the pure-text tty console. There is no text console in FreeBSD anymore, except you have kern.vty=sc set in /boot/loader.conf, which is incompatible with X (if you want to be able to use X on that machine). However, you can try this in /boot/loader.conf: kern.vt.fb.default_mode="1024x768" Adjust it to the actual size (in pixels) your display has. If you're using a CRT - well, it doesn't have pixels... ;-) You can also try this: hw.vga.textmode=0 For vt, you can try various things in /etc/rc.conf, depending on the FreeBSD version you're using they may or may not work as expected, or work at all. With vidcontrol, you can choose a different font: allscreens_flags="-f gallant" Of course, you cannot choose "80x25" or anything like that in a convenient way. Neither can you influence the colors which seem to be distorted. So say good bye to the text mode and use X instead, where setting options for xterm to make text readable again is much easier. ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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