Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:15:34 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: pixiedave <pixiedave@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: font size on console. Message-ID: <20041025131534.GB4553@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <1269804102505482996599b@mail.gmail.com> References: <1269804102505482996599b@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2004-10-25 08:48, pixiedave <pixiedave@gmail.com> wrote: > hey all, is therer a way to adjust the "resolution" on the console? I > have played around with the settings in sysinstall, but it does not > apear to do anything. I have huge characters, and like small size > fonts and more real estate. > > If it matters, ATI 7500 TV card and a 17 inch lcd display. > Running 6.0 on a P4 Intel Board. You can always try to kldload vesa.ko at boot time and then experiment with VESA 800x600 modes: # vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600 Someone was working on improved VESA support for the FreeBSD console. The last time I checked the patch that floated around the -current mailing list, it supported 800x600 modes, 1024x768, even 1280x1024 on some adapters. Then, there's always X11 :-)
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