Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 22:09:18 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: flag <flag@libero.it> Cc: Allan Dib <dib.allan.l@edumail.vic.gov.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Higher resolution text mode Message-ID: <20001206220918.A26061@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012061857340.184-100000@localhost>; from "flag" on Wed Dec 6 19:00:27 GMT 2000 References: <20001204171835.A4798@dan.emsphone.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012061857340.184-100000@localhost>
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In the last episode (Dec 06), flag said: > On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Dan Nelson wrote: > > vidcontrol -f 8x8 iso-8x8 > > vidcontrol 80x50 > > > > I prefer the swiss-8x8 font and VGA_90x50 myself. > > I tried the swiss font and it worked, but not the VGA_90x50 mode: > > [root@MoonSpell flag]#vidcontrol VGA_90x50 > vidcontrol: cannot set videomode: Operation not supported by device Ah. I forgot. You need to recompile your kernel with options VGA_WIDTH90 # support 90 column modes before that will work. > Anyway, how can I know which font/videomode I can use? If any of the modes in the vidcontrol manpage complain, make sure you've got an appropriate font loaded. That's about it. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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