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) Message-ID: <CADqw_gKJzJwC2FjDK973i_n_fPEQ50yroNALgfsVFTjwzaBrvA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <DFFA5303-2A77-4FE7-B70E-0B8A4F185A23@me.com> References: <CADqw_gJbZDHLf41t4%2BbgS2BZesWrovOUnoW_iV-wYdk%2Bpmm%2BiA@mail.gmail.com> <DFFA5303-2A77-4FE7-B70E-0B8A4F185A23@me.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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' [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Toomas,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:54 PM Toomas Soome <<a href="mailto:tsoome@me.com">tsoome@me.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 27. Feb 2022, at 23:36, Michael Schuster <<a href="mailto:michaelsprivate@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaelsprivate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi all,</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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. <br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">[...]</span> </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><br></div><div>UEFI or BIOS setup?</div></div></blockquote><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">UEFI</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div> 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).</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I added 'screen.font="8x16"' to /boot/loader.conf, worked like a charm first time. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Many thanks!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Michael</div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Michael Schuster<br><a href="http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/</a><br></div><div>recursion, n: see 'recursion'<br></div></div></div></div>home | help
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