Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:53:56 -0500 From: Karl Vogel <vogelke@pobox.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old MAC console font Message-ID: <20220210185356.GA8143@ispcweb01.hcst.com>
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I took these notes when I was setting up my last FreeBSD box; I had the same
problem with huge fonts.
First, I fixed my keyboard to swap grave with tab, Ctrl with Caps-lock:
me% kbdcontrol -d > keys.orig
me% cp keys.orig keys.new
[fixed keys.new]
me% kbdcontrol -l keys.new
me% kbdcontrol -r fast
Here's the unified diff, indented 4 spaces:
--- keys.orig 2020-03-29 01:52:39.000000000 -0400
+++ keys.new 2020-03-29 02:06:03.000000000 -0400
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# code base shift cntrl shift alt shift cntrl shift state
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
000 nop nop nop nop nop nop nop nop O
- 001 esc esc esc esc esc esc debug esc O
+ 001 '`' '~' nop nop '`' '~' nop nop O
002 '1' '!' nop nop '1' '!' nop nop O
003 '2' '@' nul nul '2' '@' nul nul O
004 '3' '#' nop nop '3' '#' nop nop O
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
026 '[' '{' esc esc '[' '{' esc esc O
027 ']' '}' gs gs ']' '}' gs gs O
028 cr cr nl nl cr cr nl nl O
- 029 lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl O
+ 029 clock clock clock clock clock clock clock clock O
030 'a' 'A' soh soh 'a' 'A' soh soh C
031 's' 'S' dc3 dc3 's' 'S' dc3 dc3 C
032 'd' 'D' eot eot 'd' 'D' eot eot C
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
038 'l' 'L' ff ff 'l' 'L' ff ff C
039 ';' ':' nop nop ';' ':' nop nop O
040 ''' '"' nop nop ''' '"' nop nop O
- 041 '`' '~' nop nop '`' '~' nop nop O
+ 041 esc esc esc esc esc esc debug esc O
042 lshift lshift lshift lshift lshift lshift lshift lshift O
043 '\' '|' fs fs '\' '|' fs fs O
044 'z' 'Z' sub sub 'z' 'Z' sub sub C
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
055 '*' '*' '*' '*' '*' '*' '*' '*' O
056 lalt lalt lalt lalt lalt lalt lalt lalt O
057 ' ' ' ' nul ' ' ' ' ' ' susp ' ' O
- 058 clock clock clock clock clock clock clock clock O
+ 058 lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl O
059 fkey01 fkey13 fkey25 fkey37 scr01 scr11 scr01 scr11 O
060 fkey02 fkey14 fkey26 fkey38 scr02 scr12 scr02 scr12 O
061 fkey03 fkey15 fkey27 fkey39 scr03 scr13 scr03 scr13 O
Then I installed the terminus font:
root# pkg fetch terminus-font
root# pkg install terminus-font
root# cp /var/cache/pkg/terminus-font-4.47_1.txz /root/packages
There's a way to convert these into something the console can use.
I got this via pkg install, but the sourceforge link has the fonts
in BDF format:
root# pkg fetch pcf2bdf
root# pkg install pcf2bdf
root# cp /var/cache/pkg/pcf2bdf-1.05.txz /root/packages
To convert the fonts to something usable:
root# cd /wherever/you/put/terminus-font
root# vtfontcvt -w 6 -h 12 ter-u12n.bdf terminus-u12n.fnt
root# ls -l terminus-u12n.fnt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 16892 21-Oct-2020 19:24:17 terminus-u12n.fnt
root# mv terminus-u12n.fnt /usr/share/vt/fonts
Gave it a try, looked good:
root# cd /usr/share/vt/fonts
root# vidcontrol -f terminus-u12n.fnt
You'll probably have to put something in /etc/rc.local or wherever to make
this the default. See https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons#Font_Support for
details.
Hope this helps!
--
Karl Vogel / vogelke AT pobox DOT com / I don't speak for anyone at the moment
Hangover: the wrath of grapes.
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