From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Feb 23 15:22:12 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68FE4F2A642 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:22:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.17.24]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCF368613F for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:22:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([92.195.213.55]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue104 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0MGyyA-1eu8zU3ide-00Do2S; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:21:58 +0100 Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:21:57 +0100 From: Polytropon To: "@lbutlr" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to change console font type and size ? Message-Id: <20180223162157.58a1e2b0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <2AA033C2-F2BF-4DBA-89CC-B4CC2D23F3F3@kreme.com> References: <124011442.3827649.1519321430747.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <124011442.3827649.1519321430747@mail.yahoo.com> <4B7D6A7C-0122-4CD9-9888-28DA4218DA8A@kreme.com> <2AA033C2-F2BF-4DBA-89CC-B4CC2D23F3F3@kreme.com> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:5g4/wZa+mJR8eEa2AtlHgN6zmRe2DtteOyQs0vXj/4XBrzibPNY yLsn3YbckhRpIroINZLbHMtaNsTXZMA9uWGOonl7Fx6xM+PsQVs6a6SBdzY1kjqWhH3uE0k oAFeUys0jtvlvwzU2cyGAexBJ2P7ie5h2N5V7UlHpHO17rpq1EUVr7hMG4Sigz1hkM5kWHs 4Z0VedwvitDNGY9Qx9ffg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:KpfgrVx9ks4=:MaDX1Ev5Cfw7zk9S929MS8 vgRSGHxiYMMqClhz9HIwXT5UfvT4C0dHhwYeN5rnraq1wH7IrQKvwY3lgPXoi/aPVSITURKJI vscdEHZkr9xte9KFjznmaUFPDW6e9JSIQxdwBbvYmDxwvrD7MvubyaOHgQrKrXYZHbVtc9dDS JG7pG3QclpFiKULzYR+R8VRbuSxHCSWyMYHdhte8AmY5z7XrL9bL9x29OGO+xjAb7C0vTMidb YlDr+1DcB8va8qFrM312nFEg9KKU2gtgsvM2dRngcP7mkBR3hdwgVGijKKRvPjYRwAj/FSZH2 HAP8WkR7mcRl2yVtm98oAusZFSqKe2mfE5YCIUAdYMbVLBlqGnAP47Q+sj3OI1CztTis3mxfd FpsY3EZHQeE7NwdcGfAhvChfiHPl1YMYeALf17Fs4qv0mIFzguIN+vJ0bZ6f686t3tY+TsdYy QGdEuSgC9CCa4CFzxGB5sD03swPBRDQ0MXhXmOkfO2+ANmHWSZv+xBbaflWn2jt+8prmZSpW0 5H3e09NYKHmgnJnxWV4xXG1XtFLFbRFItJp8/UdUAfWAhf8Svd4SQAAaxu4qEV/YO4gnCTV8L NB+/h/xkpKdmmJBEx/yOZutzMthXcaq3iTFecGKHY3w/lcmLEtz8X1azaOE+q8XWAIuTqMkMM ydGyVYKIcUC20BOzo2VUqJNZ8bDfTdctBAYvIlPOEB6timeOXlZgs7bd4OkVKznQdnLXBsOdu IuSZv1VgBWuBq0JFWg09Ba8TFHrrRLfUlrGLZ6YbDteJnGUMBdQpZRq6TzM= X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:22:12 -0000 On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 22:18:41 -0700, @lbutlr wrote: > On 22 Feb 2018, at 20:32, Adam wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 7:19 PM, @lbutlr wrote: > > > >> On 2018-02-22 (10:43 MST), Craig Block via freebsd-questions < > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> In my case I went back to using the sc driver > >> > >> This seems the only rational choice for the majority of FreeBSD installs > >> where a GUI is never loaded. > >> > >> Really, vt should only be the default if the system is setup to run a > >> desktop, as for console use it's a disaster. > > > > Works no worse than sc for my console usage, I think it's great. > > After much fighting I was never able to get the vt to display > anything but 80char x 24char console on a 20” LCD screen. I wish I could get _that_ mode back! On a 21" CRT (attached to a laptop whose screen backlight died), I get lots of modes, but none is readable... :-( -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...