From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 16 23:21:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from typhoon.mail.pipex.net (typhoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0A71E14E78 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 23:21:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 9157 invoked from network); 17 Dec 1999 07:21:31 -0000 Received: from userag96.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.132.182) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 17 Dec 1999 07:21:31 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id HAA00646; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 07:21:20 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 07:21:20 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Marc Wandschneider Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 80x50 console mode? Message-ID: <19991217072119.A322@marder-1> References: <000001bf485b$85c2e770$230a0cd0@SHURIKEN> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <000001bf485b$85c2e770$230a0cd0@SHURIKEN> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 10:54:10PM -0800, Marc Wandschneider wrote: > > > is there a way to set up console mode to do 80x50? I'm currently actually > using some funky looking swiss font, but would be happy to switch if > required. > > kind of like the equivalent of the old DOS mode 80x50. > > can this be done? > # vidcontrol VGA_80x50 man vidcontrol for the full range of options. You can also put allscreens_flags="VGA_80x50" in /etc/rc.conf to set it for all console screens at boot-up. As someone pointed out yesterday, the "allscreens_flags" option only works for some vidcontrol options; you can't set fg and bg colours this way, for instance. HTH > Thanks! > > marc. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- PERL has been described as "the duct tape of the Internet" and "the Unix Swiss Army chainsaw" - Computer Shopper 12/99 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message