Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 10:41:27 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@sc.rr.com> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@sc.rr.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: more rows on my console? Message-ID: <20010102104127.B43511@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20010102152911.B27738@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 03:29:11PM %2B0000 References: <20001230202954.A5515@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20001230153638.A1419@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> <20001231145932.B12295@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20001231142541.B329@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> <20010102151125.C27487@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010102102455.A43511@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> <20010102152911.B27738@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Well, there a number of fonts in /usr/share/syscons/fonts... You may even find 1 that is to your liking :) All 8x8 fonts don't look exactly the same you know :) And hey, if you don't like the fonts supplied with the system, you can always make your own too. Just to recap, if you find that you *do* want to experiment with higher-resolution consoles, this is how: # vidcontrol -f 8x8 <fontname> # vidcontrol <mode> You can use: # vidcontrol -i mode to see what modes your videocard supports under syscons... On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 03:29:11PM +0000, j mckitrick wrote: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 10:24:55AM -0500, Donald J . Maddox wrote: > | I guess I misunderstood your original question? Are you referring > | to Xconsole here? > | > | The way to get more rows in any window in X is to resize the window :) > | > | The 'vidcontrol' command only affects vtys. > > Well, here is the deal. I like the console because it is faster, cleaner > looking, and simpler when I want to ssh to my shell account. But when I run > Xterm, I get such a difference in font size, it made me wonder if there was a > similar font for syscons. An xterm or wterm running in X is more trouble to > start, and for 'purists' it breaks the rules anyway. :) But I can see a > lot more text in mutt than I can on an 80x30 syscon. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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