From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Aug 7 07:02:52 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4FE49B5FD3 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2015 07:02:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6724@bellsouth.net) Received: from nm11-vm10.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm11-vm10.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [216.109.114.233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 595F91D5E for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2015 07:02:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6724@bellsouth.net) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bellsouth.net; s=s2048; t=1438930821; bh=DoqagH2Tb0NW3toTCQkLRBLfNwGDeJNpXYAzCWyKiSU=; h=Date:From:To:References:Subject:From:Subject; b=k82hm3TNG1bEuBrug8ulQgokiSczojbCnSHPEbLQwnixj0SDYk3OyKCUIbdn5xv+EUjFDcQdlPKePJFaTaieeKWG/rZotin/NphkG0PtG1S5LQXUutfF8B1t50y3yTBVJkNy2Zeu75YNaMoW8lYfxPLh4Wg12wwNUxh5zJBDo66ft08JYHx7Llj6H1VXwu6jgiUQvH4L5REJUnZnCKna5WywY4zkkoHZz6k/F2vtQkTcqtynC8q8GqWeDfHw6uhLUy1x7RNPH++dPp4vAbos4Gu/DrWTT+s7dvqGLxyTQf4eLgcZyrx+41i8AdSA26sH3QrpcUU4xZ1w9N+Sck3KYQ== Received: from [66.196.81.159] by nm11.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Aug 2015 07:00:21 -0000 Received: from [98.138.226.241] by tm5.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Aug 2015 07:00:21 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp112.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Aug 2015 07:00:21 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 139588.14506.bm@smtp112.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Message-ID: <139588.14506.bm@smtp112.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: QNwfbfAVM1mbVhrImPpCKZWRpwZfnVERlGKrdkQewnGM5vD _1svTU8Hhrjo_IOFLdabinBQFoTRzSBdLbLtHSV3vAq36L4C38V5SC8YZXUs SVHAoEzDKLn99MoN4D.238Q0Qzno6AOwxGSklY7yLXFRdNpgKl5fa9oOPSsm 7e_JLKETFxQ0XjUKB2Uj5du1bL89_0352XDHt8IsdQsnL37QXYdahp9g0Uny ZW3EgXf4nxnwKb4gQ.Rej3Ku9St2LzH_T9uTeA4Rl1tqhsotZVm159Th7vZ0 1Ts_iJvmkcVojcc2vN6x_AL6_g.LYsMowWBWRtXgkJFY6901NXDoUmqqDs_5 r2mtB1RBijaKeJfN8IG7UsS1j3bDY1M8xVn1XpMiATdYI2JzhsGdwnLpNOYV a.hXrRqE1hRTK9BrYi7HVgzvqwWlIb1dnQfAmcx2p0EKYwTFeNCd_nwaHWb7 ym6LUhD2hSEL7z8ZT7QxyiDJ4tG1_FjwCoPIS1b8bjqPD9BiaQkTjopluYb3 nf8Yl5aMREq7mSRnmsz.OziGgFJf4msiTl7aKtGTK43q.4leEqsXyBDzqsYU - X-Yahoo-SMTP: Kz_aW1.swBBYof3zAD7.RWzXz9ZAQVDMml1VADsbgPT4Kq79LC0- Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2015 07:00:05 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Subject: Re: Highest version with VGA fonts X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2015 07:02:52 -0000 > What is the highest version of FreeBSD which still uses VGA fonts and CONS* > consoles (i.e. no raster fonts, no unicode, plain old iso-8859-1) in plain > text mode? > Is there a BSD branch that is sticking with true text consoles? > Lars Eighner Not sure about the current status for OpenBSD, Bitrig and DragonFly, but I know NetBSD (current and releng 7), when booting, quickly switches to small text like what occurs in FreeBSD after switching back from X to text console. FreeBSD, on booting with vt, not yet in X, goes into a larger version of this, somewhat smaller than what comes with syscons. I like the small text better! Tom