From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 14 18:04:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA19920 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 18:04:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from pdx1.world.net (pdx1.world.net [192.243.32.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA19883 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 18:04:05 -0800 (PST) From: proff@suburbia.net Received: from suburbia.net (suburbia.net [203.4.184.1]) by pdx1.world.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA12675 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 18:05:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 1699 invoked by uid 110); 15 Feb 1997 02:03:45 -0000 Message-ID: <19970215020345.1698.qmail@suburbia.net> Subject: Re: pcvt/132 columns In-Reply-To: <199702150024.TAA14132@shell.monmouth.com> from Bill/Carolyn Pechter at "Feb 14, 97 07:24:47 pm" To: pechter@shell.monmouth.com (Bill/Carolyn Pechter) Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 13:03:45 +1100 (EST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Anyone seen this or have recommendations. I know the pcvt for FreeBSD > 2.2 is different than the pcvt-3.32.tar.gz I've got -- anyone know if this > is fixed in a newer version than 3.20-b24 that's in 2.2-GAMMA. > I'd love both X and 132 columns without a reboot. You can use my syscons SVGAtext mode patch that will allow you to do just about any text resolution, on an ET4000 I've had it running at 170x60 (with a 16x8 bit font) on a 22" monitor. Why this patch isn't in the standard distribution is a good question. -- Prof. Julian Assange |If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people |together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks proff@iq.org |and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless proff@gnu.ai.mit.edu |immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery