Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 14:31:58 -0800 From: "Marc Wandschneider" <marcw@lanfear.com> To: "'Mark Ovens'" <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: 80x50 console mode? Message-ID: <001a01bf49a7$b2a46eb0$230a0cd0@SHURIKEN> In-Reply-To: <19991217072119.A322@marder-1>
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Interseting -- it only works if I run vidfont first to install some other fonts ... but, It's 80x50 now! Thanks! marc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Ovens [mailto:mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org] > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 11:21 PM > To: Marc Wandschneider > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: 80x50 console mode? > > > On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 10:54:10PM -0800, Marc Wandschneider wrote: > > > > > > is there a way to set up console mode to do 80x50? I'm > currently actually > > using some funky looking swiss font, but would be happy to switch if > > required. > > > > kind of like the equivalent of the old DOS mode 80x50. > > > > can this be done? > > > > # vidcontrol VGA_80x50 > > man vidcontrol for the full range of options. You can also put > > allscreens_flags="VGA_80x50" > > in /etc/rc.conf to set it for all console screens at boot-up. As > someone pointed out yesterday, the "allscreens_flags" option only > works for some vidcontrol options; you can't set fg and bg colours > this way, for instance. > > HTH > > > Thanks! > > > > marc. > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > PERL has been described as "the duct tape of the Internet" > and "the Unix Swiss Army chainsaw" > - Computer Shopper 12/99 > ________________________________________________________________ > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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