From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Feb 5 6:19:56 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BF6C37B401 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 06:19:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from kibby.au.knfpub.com (kibby.au.knfpub.com [203.38.198.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A317143F75 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 06:19:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kibbet@kibby.au.knfpub.com) Received: from kibby.au.knfpub.com (kibbet@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kibby.au.knfpub.com (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h15EJCbN014164; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:49:12 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from kibbet@kibby.au.knfpub.com) Received: (from kibbet@localhost) by kibby.au.knfpub.com (8.12.6/8.12.5/Submit) id h15EJBFX014163; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:49:11 +1030 (CST) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:49:11 +1030 From: kibbet To: Phil Kernick Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Console size Message-ID: <20030205141911.GA9636@kibby.au.knfpub.com> Reply-To: flea@knfpub.com References: <3E41109E.5040602@Kernick.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E41109E.5040602@Kernick.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:54:46PM +1030, Phil Kernick wrote: > I'm sure it's possible, but exactly which knobs do I have to turn, and > which settings do I have to tweak, to get my console to be bigger than the > standard 80x25? > > I've looking in LINT, and there are some VGA_* options that look possible, > but I can't find any documentation on the correct procedure. > > > Thanks, > Phil. > Hi Phil, Just add a font or two and set allscreens_flags in /etc/rc.conf. Don't forget /etc/defaults/rc.conf has the default options, its good to be familar with them. Below is what I use. font8x8="swiss-8x8" font8x14="NO" font8x16="swiss-8x16" keyrate="fast" allscreens_flags="80x50" # Set this vidcontrol mode for all virtual screens -- Kent Ibbetson flea@knfpub.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message