From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 08:35:50 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0F7336B1 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 08:35:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x22d.google.com (mail-wg0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9B7F02A2A for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 08:35:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f45.google.com with SMTP id x12so9481585wgg.28 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 01:35:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cbrFuzfeevDebExvMUx9W2xosrve4P8UGU+7gvz2m4A=; b=fIxzaJxER5/a84ec8E4b5bberukNJlYkPEb6p/nQrx/6KVX5/7WmyGHb/e60vU2JPB Hn75vAY91huJ5gD0VLZno9JiuBmbeJwFIuQENWF5THQaVgYsMzHx0LPelZVUNaOp/KNQ sd+yenil0PvBNvlDGLIo38VUxKoB3ajt0fZAOcfj4fO29CxHM+42pkeaHVH1Tpj6oRgl pIrcQdUU2VpfnBKGPYFR89WbSM+6UJ2Jtnktw6GdynYI6U751dd1op7q5WzVp9Q0GkwM gszCkL8e7tX1vI7RS8fkqwYdoOlrYlMHvUbciEftokdwAWGaI0DKHFVua7B5iCAD/aKZ ffxw== X-Received: by 10.180.20.105 with SMTP id m9mr26793220wie.6.1407832547801; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 01:35:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (host86-168-30-173.range86-168.btcentralplus.com. [86.168.30.173]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ho7sm7703399wjb.2.2014.08.12.01.35.44 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 12 Aug 2014 01:35:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53E9D1DE.2010401@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 09:35:42 +0100 From: Jamie Griffin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: vt console driver Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 08:35:50 -0000 I'm trying out the vt console driver and i'm wondering about the font display when the system first boots up. Ideally, I'd like to have it in graphical mode from the start so I can benefit from a nice sized font; however, when I do that, by unsetting hw.vga.textmode in /boot/loader.conf, the font is fuzzy and unwieldy. the text doesn't fit the screen properly and is very big compared to what it should be. If I do have hw.vga.textmode set then of course it boots into a display with the regular console 8x16 font but when vt switching, I get a lovely display with small, neat text and lots of info on the screen. My questions is, how can I get that from the start; i.e. i'd like it to be like that on first boot and on all my console screens. Does anyone know how I do that?