From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 9 19:38:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A78C37B423 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 19:38:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.91.66]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000910023827.ZFIP26680.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Sun, 10 Sep 2000 03:38:27 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA00883; Sun, 10 Sep 2000 03:38:25 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 03:38:24 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Arseny Slobodjuck Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using small console font Message-ID: <20000910033824.A824@parish> References: <13543.000910@crosswinds.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <13543.000910@crosswinds.net>; from ampy@crosswinds.net on Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 01:03:08PM +1000 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 01:03:08PM +1000, Arseny Slobodjuck wrote: > Hi, > > How can I use different fonts (8x8 for example) in my local > consoles ? I tried vidcontrol -f 8x8, but it reports that > cannot change mode. > The ``-f'' option takes 2 arguments, the size *and* the filename: # vidcontrol -f 8x8 /usr/share/syscons/fonts/name_of_font_file To make this permanent add: font8x8="iso-8x8" font8x14="iso-8x14" font8x16="iso-thin-8x16" to /etc/rc.conf, change the font names to suit your locale - they are the names of the files in /usr/share/syscons/fonts (without the ``.fnt''). > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message