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Date:      Mon, 28 Feb 2022 07:23:41 +0100
From:      Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com>
To:        Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: "vidcontrol -i mode" shows no output except header (in search of smaller console font)
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Hi Toomas,


On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:54 PM Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 27. Feb 2022, at 23:36, Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to get a smaller font in my text-consoles (using vt) on my
> Ryzen 4700 and Vega10 Renoir - based laptop with a fresh install of FreeBSD
> CURRENT from last week.
>
> [...]


> UEFI or BIOS setup?
>

UEFI


> With UEFI, sc and hw.vga.textmode has no effect. With UEFI or
> BIOS+hw.vga.textmode=0, you can set screen.font variable (empty value will
> cause the values list to be printed), or use loadfont command with your
> custom font file (created with vtfontcvt).
>

I added 'screen.font="8x16"' to /boot/loader.conf, worked like a charm
first time.

Many thanks!
Michael
-- 
Michael Schuster
http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/
recursion, n: see 'recursion'

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fon=
t-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Toomas,</div><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font=
-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr=
" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:54 PM Toomas Soome &lt;<a=
 href=3D"mailto:tsoome@me.com">tsoome@me.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><block=
quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1=
px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"overflow-wrap: br=
eak-word;"><br><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On 27. Feb 2022, at =
23:36, Michael Schuster &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:michaelsprivate@gmail.com" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">michaelsprivate@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br><div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size=
:small">Hi all,</div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;f=
ont-size:small"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-se=
rif;font-size:small">I&#39;m trying to get a smaller font in my text-consol=
es (using vt) on my Ryzen 4700 and Vega10 Renoir - based laptop with a fres=
h install of FreeBSD CURRENT from last week. <br></div><div style=3D"font-f=
amily:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class=3D"gmail_defau=
lt" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></=
div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><span clas=
s=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-si=
ze:small">[...]</span>=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail=
_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204=
,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><br>=
</div><div>UEFI or BIOS setup?</div></div></blockquote><div><span class=3D"=
gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:sm=
all"><br></span></div><div><span class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-fami=
ly:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">UEFI</span></div><div><span =
class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;fon=
t-size:small"></span>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-le=
ft:1ex"><div style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div> With UEFI, sc and h=
w.vga.textmode has no effect. With UEFI or BIOS+hw.vga.textmode=3D0, you ca=
n set screen.font variable (empty value will cause the values list to be pr=
inted), or use loadfont command with your custom font file (created with vt=
fontcvt).</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_defaul=
t" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I added=
 &#39;screen.font=3D&quot;8x16&quot;&#39; to /boot/loader.conf, worked like=
 a charm first time.=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-=
family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" s=
tyle=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Many thanks=
!</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sa=
ns-serif;font-size:small">Michael</div></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Michael Schuster<br><a href=3D"h=
ttp://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://recursive=
ramblings.wordpress.com/</a><br></div><div>recursion, n: see &#39;recursion=
&#39;<br></div></div></div></div>

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