From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Sep 5 18:49:31 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CBA0E18B7A for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 18:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay10.qsc.de (mailrelay10.qsc.de [212.99.163.152]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B4EBC6A0B3 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 18:49:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay10.qsc.de; Tue, 05 Sep 2017 20:49:22 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-85-107.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.85.107]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40C663CC3F; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 20:49:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v85InKjT002260; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 20:49:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 20:49:20 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Adam Vande More Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Ernie Luzar Subject: Re: Restoring sc console look and feel with vt Message-Id: <20170905204920.2b709f7a.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20170905151245.f592508c.freebsd@edvax.de> <59AEAD20.8050006@gmail.com> <20170905201840.ae6b53ee.freebsd@edvax.de> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay10.qsc.de with 87D3A683445 X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1324 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:49:32 -0000 On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 13:37:57 -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > > On Tue, 05 Sep 2017 09:56:48 -0400, Ernie Luzar wrote: > > > Add this to /boot/loader.conf to return to sc mode. > > > kern.vty=sc > > > > > > or this to tell vt to use text mode which looks and feels like sc > > > hw.vga.textmode=1 > > > > > > thats a digit one > > > > Tried, but doesn't work. > > > > With sc: > > > > text (normal) -> X (works) -> black > > > > or > > > > text (normal) -> X (throws error) -> black > > > > With vt: > > > > text (boots normal, but then too small) -> X (works) -> text (too small) > > > > or > > > > text (boots normal and stays that way) -> X (works) -> text (now too small) > > > > > > > > Reverting to sc is _not_ an option. I assume it will be removed > > from the system at some point in the future, that's why dealing > > with vt and configuring it is probably the right way to go. > > > > I'm having a hard time understanding if your console text is too small or > your windowed text. If the latter, then vt settings will not help. I'll try to express better: When the system boots, the screen uses 80x25 characters. The character size depends on the screen size of course. With sc, I get "big letters" on a 21" CRT, as intended. When booting with vt, the system starts booting with the 80x25 mode, then switches to a font where I'd say the screen has 160x100 characters (just a guess, I didn't count them actually). Those are "small letters", even on a 21" CRT, too small for me to be read conveniently. So what I need is a way to tell vt to display 80x25 characters that "scale up", and generally make them look like the regular sc text mode. > For the former, removing the previous advice from loader.conf would be the > first step. Then you should be able to find an acceptable setting > experimenting with vidcontrol eg resolution/fonts. With vidcontrol, I only get error messages. I think it ie tied to sc? I also have no idea what font names to try... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...