Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 02:35:01 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: "Colin J. Raven" <cjraven@fastmail.fm>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing the default text size on console session Message-ID: <200404110235.01488.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <1081609360.1553.184216305@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1081609360.1553.184216305@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On Sunday 11 April 2004 00:32, Colin J. Raven wrote: > Hi all! > > My question may not be specific to FreeBSD, but can anyone tell me how = to > change the default font size on a console (directly connected monitor) > session when there is no X running? > > I'm used to accessing BSD boxes remotely via Putty, but now I have one = at > home plus a decent size monitor, and the text size is just overwhelming= =2E > Since you can't page up/down in a console session, it's proving to be > somewhat of a problem. > It is not too clear what you want. Do you wish to change the font, screen lines etc through a Putty console= ; or on a console displaying on the BSD machine. In the latter case use vidcontrol -- see the man page. To get much flexib= ility you'll need to load the vesa.ko kernel module. As for scrolling; this is turned on and off by the scroll-lock key. Malcolm =20
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