From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 29 14:31:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1147D16A4DA for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:31:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 647D943D45 for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:31:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so143947uge for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 07:31:42 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=XU8t35FviIHjlsgcxuKG6KtX6S9roRBIW6mWyhfYXHhqdJMb6YIRC/B2jClHGh2t0/65Ebsp4DYe/1sxdE1O6UHIfj4iNF5QJms8utYKUSKmxX9Lz7XC+d74NP7Cs5ookWfB8FAYNEHhxJ9kvfxwKztYsILheTmDdPl+ndYrqWE= Received: by 10.78.185.15 with SMTP id i15mr117917huf; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 07:31:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.143.11 with HTTP; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 07:31:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:31:40 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" To: Peter In-Reply-To: <20060711005614.36125.qmail@web60020.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060711005614.36125.qmail@web60020.mail.yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: been buggin' me for a while now (console resolution) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:31:44 -0000 On 7/10/06, Peter 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/