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From: "Marc Wandschneider" <marcw@lanfear.com>
To: "'Mark Ovens'" <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Subject: RE: 80x50 console mode?
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 14:31:58 -0800
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	Interseting -- it only works if I run vidfont first to install some other
fonts ...

	but, It's 80x50 now!

	Thanks!

	marc.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Ovens [mailto:mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org]
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 11:21 PM
> To: Marc Wandschneider
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: 80x50 console mode?
>
>
> 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.
> >
> >
> >
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