Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:21:57 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to change console font type and size ? Message-ID: <20180223162157.58a1e2b0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <2AA033C2-F2BF-4DBA-89CC-B4CC2D23F3F3@kreme.com> References: <124011442.3827649.1519321430747.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <124011442.3827649.1519321430747@mail.yahoo.com> <4B7D6A7C-0122-4CD9-9888-28DA4218DA8A@kreme.com> <CA%2BtpaK0amLT2yqBcJiRPyGdH8aV2VKQdnANOCLHSNQ1N8BoabA@mail.gmail.com> <2AA033C2-F2BF-4DBA-89CC-B4CC2D23F3F3@kreme.com>
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 22:18:41 -0700, @lbutlr wrote: > On 22 Feb 2018, at 20:32, Adam <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 7:19 PM, @lbutlr <kremels@kreme.com> wrote: > > > >> On 2018-02-22 (10:43 MST), Craig Block via freebsd-questions < > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> In my case I went back to using the sc driver > >> > >> This seems the only rational choice for the majority of FreeBSD installs > >> where a GUI is never loaded. > >> > >> Really, vt should only be the default if the system is setup to run a > >> desktop, as for console use it's a disaster. > > > > Works no worse than sc for my console usage, I think it's great. > > After much fighting I was never able to get the vt to display > anything but 80char x 24char console on a 20” LCD screen. I wish I could get _that_ mode back! On a 21" CRT (attached to a laptop whose screen backlight died), I get lots of modes, but none is readable... :-( -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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