Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 06:52:46 +0100 From: Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com> Cc: Pascal Giannakakis <CapM@gmx.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Changing font size of tty Message-ID: <20021022055246.GA1251@irrelevant.org> In-Reply-To: <ajelaj1hnl.laj@localhost.localdomain> References: <11241.1035190066@www19.gmx.net> <20021021115605.GE27016@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <3vvg3v1t34.g3v@localhost.localdomain> <20021021200842.GA12838@irrelevant.org> <ajelaj1hnl.laj@localhost.localdomain>
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On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 04:44:30PM -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org> writes: > > > Why not just add vesa_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf ? Far nicer > > than hacking a startup file :) > > Good point. I forget that someone told me about that later. > > I don't quite agree with your last crack, though, because I think my > hack, which was submitted as a PR patch, should have avoided the need > for this sub-thread and the need for other people to run into this > dependency the hard way and the need to learn the vesa_load thing and > the (sort of) need to remove it again after they stop using "132" fonts. > > But my PR has apparently been shelved because someone is hoping that > some C programmer will eventually change vidcontrol instead. Seems like > a poor use of programmer resources, assuming it will ever happen, but > it's not my call. Any volunteers? It's PR 43500. I can see why it could be better to have it put into the startup files, but I use the vesa module despite not having really tried getting 132 column video working yet :) -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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