From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 11 01:30:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AB6616A4DD for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:30:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from coldlostsick@yahoo.com.sg) Received: from locke.asmallorange.com (locke.asmallorange.com [63.247.68.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B49B43D4C for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:30:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from coldlostsick@yahoo.com.sg) Received: from [210.80.159.252] (port=64893 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by locke.asmallorange.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1G075E-0005c3-Kp; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:30:41 -0400 Message-ID: <44B2FF42.40908@yahoo.com.sg> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:30:42 +0800 From: Stubborn User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter References: <20060711005614.36125.qmail@web60020.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060711005614.36125.qmail@web60020.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - locke.asmallorange.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - yahoo.com.sg X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: been buggin' me for a while now (console resolution) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:30:53 -0000 Peter wrote: > Hi, I am running 5.4-STABLE and I would like to have better resolution > (more lines and columns) when I boot into console. I used to be able > to issue a command once there but I have forgotten that command. I > remember trying to allude to it via rc.conf or a startup file > (rc.local?) but it did not work. It seems to me that I needed the > following in my rc.conf as a pre-requisite: > > font8x8="iso-8x8.fnt" > font8x14="iso-8x14.fnt" > font8x16="iso-8x16.fnt" > > So does anyone know how I can automatically get smaller fonts in my > console? > > Thanks, > > Peter > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Hi Peter, You need to recompile your kernel with below options VESA You need to include these in your rc.conf allscreens_flags="132x25" This is what i did for my FreeBSD box. Regards, Stubborn http://www.detest.org http://www.coldlostsick.net