From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 10 7:29:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from glitch.crosswinds.net (glitch.crosswinds.net [209.208.163.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9508537B423 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2000 07:29:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ppp51-AS5800.vtc.ru ([212.16.211.51]) by glitch.crosswinds.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA80687; Sun, 10 Sep 2000 10:29:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ampy@crosswinds.net) Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 01:30:27 +1000 From: Arseny Slobodjuck X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.36) S/N 345 Reply-To: Arseny Slobodjuck X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <162.000911@crosswinds.net> To: Gene Harris Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: using small console font In-reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello Gene, Actually I tried to change "resolution" from midnight commander command line and system didn't allow me to do it. When I do it from simple csh it works. Besides, I gave wrong args to vidcontrol (confused '-i mode' option). Now fully satisfied. So, that's resume: Q: How do I change console font size to view more information at once, more text in vi, more files after ls ? A: Try type 'vidcontrol 80x43' on shell prompt. GH> I believe you use vidfont to change the font, and the use vidcontrol to change GH> the "resolution" to 80X43, etc. Try "man vidfont" for help. I use vidcontrol GH> to change the virtual console colors as well. >> How can I use different fonts (8x8 for example) in my local >> consoles ? I tried vidcontrol -f 8x8, but it reports that >> cannot change mode. -- Best regards, Arseny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message