Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:28:46 -0400 From: "Edward Ruggeri" <smallhand@crawblog.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Changing Console Video Modes Message-ID: <919383240804201928o2f08c013qf394033d12f87dd7@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I'm just reading through the manual for FreeBSD, and I am at section 3.2.6 "Changing Console Video Modes." This discusses how to change the default console resolution. I would try this out, but as I can only access my FreeBSD box remotely at the moment, I am hesitant to recompile the kernel with the necessary options (I currently get an error when running "#vidcontrol -i mode": "getting active vty: Inappropriate ioctl for device". I assume this is because the current kernel is insufficient?). I'm afraid my computer might need to be booted by hand, which I wouldn't be able to do. In any case, lacking the ability to experiment, I am curious about different video modes. Will greater resolutions allow me to fit more text on the screen in the console? Of course I know (maybe less than I think) about resolution in terms of graphical environments (e.g., can see more of a high-resolution image w/ a greater resolution), but is it the same for text? Thanks! Sincerely, -- Ned Ruggeri
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?919383240804201928o2f08c013qf394033d12f87dd7>