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Date:      Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:30:42 +0800
From:      Stubborn <coldlostsick@yahoo.com.sg>
To:        Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: been buggin' me for a while now (console resolution)
Message-ID:  <44B2FF42.40908@yahoo.com.sg>
In-Reply-To: <20060711005614.36125.qmail@web60020.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20060711005614.36125.qmail@web60020.mail.yahoo.com>

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Peter wrote:
> Hi, I am running 5.4-STABLE and I would like to have better resolution
> (more lines and columns) when I boot into console.  I used to be able
> to issue a command once there but I have forgotten that command.  I
> remember trying to allude to it via rc.conf or a startup file
> (rc.local?) but it did not work.  It seems to me that I needed the
> following in my rc.conf as a pre-requisite:
>
> font8x8="iso-8x8.fnt"
> font8x14="iso-8x14.fnt"
> font8x16="iso-8x16.fnt"
>
> So does anyone know how I can automatically get smaller fonts in my
> console?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
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Hi Peter,

You need to recompile your kernel with below
options         VESA

You need to include these in your rc.conf
allscreens_flags="132x25"

This is what i did for my FreeBSD box.

Regards,
Stubborn
http://www.detest.org
http://www.coldlostsick.net




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