Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 22:13:46 -0700 (PDT) From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Per-Olof Carlsson <morpheus@algonet.se> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: vidcontrol and screen modes Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.91.950722221045.17082D-100000@nike> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.90.950722212654.10626A-100000@sophocles.algonet.se>
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On Sat, 22 Jul 1995, Per-Olof Carlsson wrote: > > Hello! > > I've installed FreeBSD 2.0.5 on my computer at home, and must say that > I'm very pleased with it! I've come across a problem with it though, and > that's when I try to use vidcontrol to set the video-mode to either > VGA_80x50 or VGA_80x60 - it just won't work, neither will EGA_80x43. > > This is odd, since my setup can handle that. what you need to do is to modify the font file... so basicly edit /etc/sysconfig and modify the line that defines font8x14 to "font8x14=cp437-8x13" or something like that... then it will work... John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org Modem/FAX: (503) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix)
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