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Date:      Thu, 22 Feb 2018 17:43:50 +0000 (UTC)
From:      <chblock2-freebsd@yahoo.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: how to change console font type and size ?
Message-ID:  <124011442.3827649.1519321430747@mail.yahoo.com>
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I had a lot of issue with console resolution as well.  Seems the vt driver =
was rushed out as a stop gap for KMS support missing that one important fea=
ture. In my case I went back to using the sc driver since the nVidia driver=
 I use does not depend on it (kern.vty=3Dsc).  Otherwise you're limited to =
running the console in vga mode (hw.vga.textmode=3D1) or running it in the =
native monitor resolution.  It leaves you with the option for giant vga mod=
e font or tiny native resolution font.  Font selection is limited and perso=
nally I don't think any of them are any better than the stock vga font.  If=
 there's one feature the vt team needs to get out there fast it's the abili=
ty to change console resolution.

P.S. sorry for the horrible format, the retarded web based email I'm using =
doesn't know how to replay to an email properly.

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On Thu, 2/22/18, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:

 Subject: Re: how to change console font type and size ?
 To: "=E6=9D=8E=E5=91=A8=E5=8D=8E" <ailee.email@icloud.com>
 Cc: "freebsd" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
 Date: Thursday, February 22, 2018, 7:15 AM
=20
 On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 15:59:21
 +0100, Polytropon wrote:
 > On Thu, 22 Feb
 2018 15:48:40 +0800, =E6=9D=8E=E5=91=A8=E5=8D=8E wrote:
 >
 > I'm now working on freebsd 11.1 .=C2=A0=20
 > > Sometimes i no need to login X, just
 veiw some source code
 > > after boot
 completely.
 > >=20
 >
 > On boot process after invoke 'kldload
 i915kms'=C2=A0 console font
 > >
 becomes small and difficult to distinguish.=20
 >=20
 > Welcome to the
 "wonderful" world of sc. ;-)
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ^^
=20
 Of course it shoule be
 "world of sc->vt", as vt still has a lot
 of things to work on, so it can finally catch
 up to the amount of
 functionality and the
 ease of use that sc offered for decades. :-)
=20
=20
=20
 --=20
 Polytropon
 Magdeburg,
 Germany
 Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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