Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 21:49:50 -0400 From: Alexandre Normand <Minux@SoftHome.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 50 lines console mode and alt+numpad problems Message-ID: <19990717014829.AE0EC14F43@hub.freebsd.org>
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Hi, I'm experiencing some minor but annoying problems and I'm hoping someone can help. First, I need you to know that my console in FreeBSD is=20 in the 80x50 mode. I have to load a 8x8 font to have that=20 mode working so I load iso-8x8.fnt but I don't load any=20 screenmaps. This is the config which I had the less problems=20 with but it's still not perfect and I'm really annoyed.=20 =20 One particular thing that cause problem is BitchX.=20 Characters are not displayed corectly. Straight lines are=20 displayed as =C4, =F9, etc. I saw people working with the cp437=20 font when using the 50 lines mode but some accents are not=20 displayed correctly with that font and boxes (like the ones=20 in sysinstall) are drawed with funky characters. =20 I would like to know if I should give up trying to get=20 that config to work perfectly and just try to accept it or=20 if there's something that could help me with this. =20 I have an other problem too which doesn't seem to=20 interest many people. I can't do ascii codes using alt (left=20 alt) and the numeric pad. The only ones I can do are 99, 88,=20 77, 66, 55, 44, 33 by using alt+9, alt+8, alt+7 (or alt+09,=20 alt+08). If I try to do something like alt+130, console=20 beeps at the 3 and stops recording the ascii code. Still an=20 anoying detail that I would like to get rid of. Hoping someone can help me, Alexandre Normand <minux@softhome.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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