From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 27 22:28:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4980516A4CF for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:28:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from amcuxfw801.amc.af.mil (amcuxfw801.amc.af.mil [131.9.254.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBAB543D3F for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:28:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david.hauan@fairchild.af.mil) Received: from amc.af.mil ([131.9.19.246]) by fw1.amc.af.mil with ESMTP id i9RMSace011330 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:28:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ([131.9.25.136]) by amcotav802.amc.af.mil with ESMTP id KP-BXW35.21488317; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:28:05 -0500 Received: from amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil ([131.9.19.74]) by AMCW2BH506.amc.ds.af.mil with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:28:05 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6375.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:28:04 -0500 Message-ID: <59FD5336D1B1FA40AF6DDD241D8DBAC6EB180A@amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: font size on console. Thread-Index: AcS68uGGb2KvdkZnSweeP4D7EpP/7gBgSmtg From: "Hauan, David" To: "Eric Kjeldergaard" , "Giorgos Keramidas" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Oct 2004 22:28:05.0775 (UTC) FILETIME=[3A8CC9F0:01C4BC74] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: font size on console. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:28:41 -0000 -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Kjeldergaard [mailto:kjelderg@gmail.com]=20 > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 5:28 PM > To: Giorgos Keramidas > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: font size on console. >=20 >=20 > On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:15:34 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas=20 > wrote: > > On 2004-10-25 08:48, pixiedave wrote: > > > hey all, is therer a way to adjust the "resolution" on=20 > the console? =20 > > > I have played around with the settings in sysinstall, but it does=20 > > > not apear to do anything. I have huge characters, and like small=20 > > > size fonts and more real estate. > > > > > > If it matters, ATI 7500 TV card and a 17 inch lcd=20 > display. Running=20 > > > 6.0 on a P4 Intel Board. > >=20 > > You can always try to kldload vesa.ko at boot time and then=20 > experiment=20 > > with VESA 800x600 modes: > >=20 > > # vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600 > >=20 >=20 > Even without the VESA being loaded, setting appropriate fonts=20 > and doing a vidcontrol 80x60 will be a big help. I run the=20 > 80x60 on my laptop which is a radeon 7500 14" LCD. It gives=20 > me a LOT more text area. man vidcontrol is the real resource=20 > on the matter. >=20 > > Someone was working on improved VESA support for the=20 > FreeBSD console.=20 > > The last time I checked the patch that floated around the -current=20 > > mailing list, it supported 800x600 modes, 1024x768, even=20 > 1280x1024 on=20 > > some adapters. > >=20 > > Then, there's always X11 :-) >=20 > I didn't know that one could pass 1024x768. Thought there=20 > was some or another issue with it, but maybe that's just for=20 > displaying splash images. >=20 So where is the best place to load this at boot so when all users log in they get the vidcontrol settings I set. thanks dave