Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:30:42 +0800 From: Stubborn <coldlostsick@yahoo.com.sg> To: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: been buggin' me for a while now (console resolution) Message-ID: <44B2FF42.40908@yahoo.com.sg> In-Reply-To: <20060711005614.36125.qmail@web60020.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060711005614.36125.qmail@web60020.mail.yahoo.com>
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Peter wrote: > Hi, I am running 5.4-STABLE and I would like to have better resolution > (more lines and columns) when I boot into console. I used to be able > to issue a command once there but I have forgotten that command. I > remember trying to allude to it via rc.conf or a startup file > (rc.local?) but it did not work. It seems to me that I needed the > following in my rc.conf as a pre-requisite: > > font8x8="iso-8x8.fnt" > font8x14="iso-8x14.fnt" > font8x16="iso-8x16.fnt" > > So does anyone know how I can automatically get smaller fonts in my > console? > > Thanks, > > Peter > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Hi Peter, You need to recompile your kernel with below options VESA You need to include these in your rc.conf allscreens_flags="132x25" This is what i did for my FreeBSD box. Regards, Stubborn http://www.detest.org http://www.coldlostsick.net
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