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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)
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> On 28. Feb 2022, at 08:23, Michael Schuster =
<michaelsprivate@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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



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<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 &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:michaelsprivate@gmail.com" =
class=3D"">michaelsprivate@gmail.com</a>&gt; 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 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tsoome@me.com" =
class=3D"">tsoome@me.com</a>&gt; 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 &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:michaelsprivate@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank" =
class=3D"">michaelsprivate@gmail.com</a>&gt; 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>&nbsp;</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.&nbsp;</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>=

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