From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 29 01:26:53 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 18E723B7; Thu, 29 May 2014 01:26:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay2.tomsk.ru (mail.sibptus.tomsk.ru [212.73.124.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0E6529FF; Thu, 29 May 2014 01:26:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by clamd daemon 0.98.1 for FreeBSD at relay2.tomsk.ru Received: from admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (account sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru [212.73.125.240] verified) by relay2.tomsk.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPSA id 35549700; Thu, 29 May 2014 08:26:47 +0700 Received: from admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (sudakov@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s4T1Qksr033058; Thu, 29 May 2014 08:26:47 +0700 (NOVT) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: (from sudakov@localhost) by admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s4T1QkAp033057; Thu, 29 May 2014 08:26:46 +0700 (NOVT) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) X-Authentication-Warning: admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru: sudakov set sender to vas@mpeks.tomsk.su using -f Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 08:26:46 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov To: Ed Maste Subject: Re: FreeBSD-10.0r. on Lenovo G780 (fwd) Message-ID: <20140529012646.GA32926@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> References: <20140528023845.GB2093@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: AO "Svyaztransneft", SibPTUS X-PGP-Key: http://www.dreamwidth.org/pubkey?user=victor_sudakov X-PGP-Fingerprint: 10E3 1171 1273 E007 C2E9 3532 0DA4 F259 9B5E C634 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Aleksandr Rybalko , FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 01:26:53 -0000 Ed Maste wrote: > > > > It would be nice to have a choice of fonts. I am fond of traditional > > larger 80x25 consoles but I respect others' right to prefer a > > different look. > > Yes, absolutely. My point is just that we're better off using the > native resolution, and a larger font, than stretching a 640x480 > display. If you put it like this, I agree, of course. > > > The question is, what fonts does vt(4) use, and how do I choose a > > font? The vidfont command complains of "getting keymap: Inappropriate > > ioctl for device". > > vt(4) fonts are a new format, and we don't yet install a set of fonts, > but there are some samples in > http://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/newcons/ > > Setfont is currently a standalone tool in the src tree under > tools/tools/vt/setfont (and is not installed). It will be merged into > vidcontrol / vidfont in the future. > > > Do you mean to say I cannot switch vt from Latin to Cyrillic input yet? > > The kernel infrastructure is in place, but we don't ship UTF-8 keymaps > yet, so you'd have to generate your own at the moment. Is there hope for KOI8-R support in vt? -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru