Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 23:05:51 +0100 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-lists@klop.ws> To: "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org>, "Lars Eighner" <stableuser@larseighner.com> Subject: Re: Horrible console fonts in 11.0 stable Message-ID: <op.ywyib1t0kndu52@53556c9c.cm-6-6b.dynamic.ziggo.nl> In-Reply-To: <alpine.CYG.2.20.1703111229300.5144@Lars-PC> References: <alpine.CYG.2.20.1703111229300.5144@Lars-PC>
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On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 19:38:33 +0100, Lars Eighner
<stableuser@larseighner.com> wrote:
> What is with the horrible console fonts in 11.0 stable? I have tried
> them all and they are each more hiddeous than the other.
>
> Is there anyway to get the VGA fonts back. I never want any characters
> outside of Latin I.
>
> Text programs are the only reason I use FreeBSD (it sure is not for the
> pathetic X.org). How can anyone work with the horrible text fonts which
> I suspect are some horrible raster fonts which reset video every time I
> switch virtual terms?
>
>
>
From 'man vt':
hw.vga.textmode
Set to 1 to use virtual terminals in text mode instead of
graphics mode. Features that require graphics mode, like
loadable fonts, will be disabled.
You can set this in /boot/loader.conf.
Regards,
Ronald.
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