From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 26 00:28:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1498116A4CE for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:28:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FF8143D4C for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:28:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kjelderg@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 68so104077wri for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:28:03 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=JYyRCppiyWrUKLARgEKvFzbbo3XFdIDCHO0fXEOb07X+wSsQ81XvetkeitWzyJy7cBC+A/oTu32d1u3cpQTKEFWJmnlz5kMnC+4WobINnY6crBK2qHYkaD83IUj3cDMlPsar0fUWPhYWQQNt3rLqfPJseFAL+IfP2ADU3Azm3mg= Received: by 10.38.15.14 with SMTP id 14mr139012rno; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:28:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.15.69 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:28:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:28:02 -0500 From: Eric Kjeldergaard To: Giorgos Keramidas In-Reply-To: <20041025131534.GB4553@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <1269804102505482996599b@mail.gmail.com> <20041025131534.GB4553@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: font size on console. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Eric Kjeldergaard List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:28:07 -0000 On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:15:34 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2004-10-25 08:48, pixiedave wrote: > > hey all, is therer a way to adjust the "resolution" on the console? I > > have played around with the settings in sysinstall, but it does not > > apear to do anything. I have huge characters, and like small size > > fonts and more real estate. > > > > If it matters, ATI 7500 TV card and a 17 inch lcd display. > > Running 6.0 on a P4 Intel Board. > > You can always try to kldload vesa.ko at boot time and then experiment > with VESA 800x600 modes: > > # vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600 > Even without the VESA being loaded, setting appropriate fonts and doing a vidcontrol 80x60 will be a big help. I run the 80x60 on my laptop which is a radeon 7500 14" LCD. It gives me a LOT more text area. man vidcontrol is the real resource on the matter. > Someone was working on improved VESA support for the FreeBSD console. > The last time I checked the patch that floated around the -current > mailing list, it supported 800x600 modes, 1024x768, even 1280x1024 on > some adapters. > > Then, there's always X11 :-) I didn't know that one could pass 1024x768. Thought there was some or another issue with it, but maybe that's just for displaying splash images. -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.