Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:35:05 +0100 From: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> To: Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws> Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> Subject: Re: "vidcontrol -i mode" shows no output except header (in search of smaller console font) Message-ID: <CADqw_gKFRa3FxzwjcHbTg0BT6LFfLH3ErniGJazqi1A-5JJeEA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1843171392.1568.1646037086280@localhost> References: <BBE43B01-BC71-40E3-8F9F-4866698E98F9@me.com> <1843171392.1568.1646037086280@localhost>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 9:31 AM Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws> wrote: > Hi, > > Where would this sysctl needed to be documented for the OP to find it? > IMO vt(4) would have been a good place. > > Regards, > Ronald > > > *Van:* Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> > *Datum:* 28 februari 2022 08:29 > *Aan:* Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> > *CC:* FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> > *Onderwerp:* Re: "vidcontrol -i mode" shows no output except header (in > search of smaller console font) > > > > On 28. Feb 2022, at 08:23, Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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 > > > You are welcome. > > rgds, > toomas > > > > > > -- 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"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 9:31 AM Ronald Klop <<a href="mailto:ronald-lists@klop.ws">ronald-lists@klop.ws</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>Hi,<div><br></div><div>Where would this sysctl needed to be documented for the OP to find it?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">IMO vt(4) would have been a good place.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Ronald</div><div><br></div><div><br><p><small><strong>Van:</strong> Toomas Soome <<a href="mailto:tsoome@me.com" target="_blank">tsoome@me.com</a>><br><strong>Datum:</strong> 28 februari 2022 08:29<br><strong>Aan:</strong> Michael Schuster <<a href="mailto:michaelsprivate@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaelsprivate@gmail.com</a>><br><strong>CC:</strong> FreeBSD CURRENT <<a href="mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org" target="_blank">freebsd-current@freebsd.org</a>><br><strong>Onderwerp:</strong> Re: "vidcontrol -i mode" shows no output except header (in search of smaller console font)<br></small></p><blockquote style="margin-left:5px;border-left:3px solid rgb(204,204,204);margin-right:0px;padding-left:5px"><div id="gmail-m_-2050471490603186845P"> <div> <div id="gmail-m_-2050471490603186845P.P.P"> <br><div><br><blockquote><div>On 28. Feb 2022, at 08:23, Michael Schuster <<a href="mailto:michaelsprivate@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaelsprivate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Toomas,</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:54 PM Toomas Soome <<a href="mailto:tsoome@me.com" target="_blank">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><br><div><br><blockquote><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><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 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><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><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 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 style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Many thanks!</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Michael</div></div></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>You are welcome.</div><div><br></div><div>rgds,</div><div>toomas</div><br><div><br></div></div> </div> </div> </blockquote><br><br><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></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>help
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