Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:44:29 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: font size in vt Message-ID: <20160824044429.GC12877@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> In-Reply-To: <20160823192104.GB2095@slackbox.erewhon.home> References: <20160823055853.GA96874@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <284553A2-D8C5-4B15-A063-4C88E8D43196@gmail.com> <20160823155935.GB6279@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20160823192104.GB2095@slackbox.erewhon.home>
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Roland Smith wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm currently using vt(4) for my console on a 10.3-RELEASE system. > > > > With the i915kms.ko loaded, my text console becomes 67 rows, 240 columns > > > > (according to `stty -a`) with a very small font. > > According to the newcons wiki and vt(4), you should be able to set the size with a > sysctl, e.g: > > kern.vt.fb.default_mode="1024x768" I have just checked out with `stty -a`, the number of rows and columns changes dynamically when I change the font. So maybe if I find a font large enough, there will be no need for this sysctl. vgarom-8x16.fnt is not large enough for my eyes. [dd] > > > > And what's the rc.conf variable for setting the vidfont at boot time? > > To set e.g. the ???gallant??? font, put > > allscreens_flags="-f gallant" > > in /etc/rc.conf. This is passed to vidcontrol(1). Thanks a lot! -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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