Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 01:54:23 +0200 (CEST) From: Leif Neland <root@internet.dk> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: smaller fonts in textmode Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980509014906.20839A-100000@darla.swimsuit.internet.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980508155701.28351P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Fri, 8 May 1998, Doug White wrote: > On Fri, 8 May 1998, Leif Neland wrote: > > > Can FreeBSD run in higher resolution in textmode? > > > > I have good eyes and a good monitor, so is it possible to run say 50x132? > > If your display supports it. See the vidcontrol man page for details. > I can only get 80 characters across, and the vertical frequency is allways 31,4KHz, regardless of number of character lines. So if I get more character lines, I just get fewer scanlines per character, giving ugly characters. I hate to say this, but that other free *nix can do nice small characters, giving a lot of text per screen. Perhaps this proves FreeBSD are for more mature people with ageing eyes :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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