Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:28:14 +0200 From: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> To: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.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: <BBE43B01-BC71-40E3-8F9F-4866698E98F9@me.com> In-Reply-To: <CADqw_gKJzJwC2FjDK973i_n_fPEQ50yroNALgfsVFTjwzaBrvA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADqw_gJbZDHLf41t4%2BbgS2BZesWrovOUnoW_iV-wYdk%2Bpmm%2BiA@mail.gmail.com> <DFFA5303-2A77-4FE7-B70E-0B8A4F185A23@me.com> <CADqw_gKJzJwC2FjDK973i_n_fPEQ50yroNALgfsVFTjwzaBrvA@mail.gmail.com>
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--Apple-Mail=_278782AB-E677-4225-A064-C762AECA1278 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On 28. Feb 2022, at 08:23, Michael Schuster = <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > Hi Toomas, >=20 >=20 > On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:54 PM Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com = <mailto:tsoome@me.com>> wrote: >=20 >=20 >> On 27. Feb 2022, at 23:36, Michael Schuster = <michaelsprivate@gmail.com <mailto:michaelsprivate@gmail.com>> wrote: >>=20 >> Hi all, >>=20 >> 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.=20 >>=20 >=20 > [...]=20 >=20 >=20 > UEFI or BIOS setup? >=20 > UEFI > =20 > With UEFI, sc and hw.vga.textmode has no effect. With UEFI or = BIOS+hw.vga.textmode=3D0, 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). >=20 > I added 'screen.font=3D"8x16"' to /boot/loader.conf, worked like a = charm first time.=20 >=20 > Many thanks! > Michael You are welcome. rgds, toomas --Apple-Mail=_278782AB-E677-4225-A064-C762AECA1278 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On 28. Feb 2022, at 08:23, Michael Schuster <<a = href=3D"mailto:michaelsprivate@gmail.com" = class=3D"">michaelsprivate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi = Toomas,</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br = class=3D""></div></div><br class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div = dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:54 PM Toomas = Soome <<a href=3D"mailto:tsoome@me.com" = class=3D"">tsoome@me.com</a>> wrote:<br class=3D""></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;" class=3D""><br class=3D""><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On 27. = Feb 2022, at 23:36, Michael Schuster <<a = href=3D"mailto:michaelsprivate@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank" = class=3D"">michaelsprivate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D""><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" = class=3D"">Hi all,</div><div = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" = class=3D"">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 class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" = class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br = class=3D""></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><= div class=3D""><span class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">[...]</sp= an> </div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></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;" class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">UEFI or BIOS setup?</div></div></blockquote><div = class=3D""><span class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br = class=3D""></span></div><div class=3D""><span class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">UEFI</spa= n></div><div class=3D""><span class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>&n= bsp;</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;" class=3D""><div class=3D""> With = UEFI, sc and hw.vga.textmode has no effect. With UEFI or = BIOS+hw.vga.textmode=3D0, 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 class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I added = 'screen.font=3D"8x16"' to /boot/loader.conf, worked like a charm first = time. </div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br class=3D""></div><div= class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Many = thanks!</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Michael</= div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=3D""></div><div>You are = welcome.</div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div>rgds,</div><div>toomas</div><br class=3D""><div = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_278782AB-E677-4225-A064-C762AECA1278--
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