Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:31:40 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: been buggin' me for a while now (console resolution) Message-ID: <ef10de9a0607290731p280329e8v411b97d9cfc4556e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060711005614.36125.qmail@web60020.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060711005614.36125.qmail@web60020.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 7/10/06, Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> wrote: > Hi, I am running 5.4-STABLE and I would like to have better resolution > (more lines and columns) when I boot into console. I used to be able > to issue a command once there but I have forgotten that command. I > remember trying to allude to it via rc.conf or a startup file > (rc.local?) but it did not work. It seems to me that I needed the > following in my rc.conf as a pre-requisite: > > font8x8="iso-8x8.fnt" > font8x14="iso-8x14.fnt" > font8x16="iso-8x16.fnt" > > So does anyone know how I can automatically get smaller fonts in my > console? > I can't believe no one has told you this! Put this in the kernel: options VESA # VESA BIOS support options SC_PIXEL_MODE # Raster text (VESA graphic modes) now rebuild the kernel and add this to /etc/rc.conf: allscreens_flags="MODE_282" You will have a 1280x1024 console after you reboot if your video card has a real VESA BIOS. If that's too much console for you try MODE_279 (1024x768). For a full list of modes supported by your video card type in at the console (it won't work in an X) 'vidcontrol -i mode |grep G' the first column lists the MODE id number. To change the mode on the fly use 'vidcontrol MODE_mode'. Also try the extra cool blinking block cursor with: allscreens_flags=" -c blink MODE_282". -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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