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Date:      Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:15:16 +0200 (EET)
From:      Alexander <amour@bugs.elitsat.net>
To:        pan <pan@syix.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: vidcontrol
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102271115070.35064-100000@bugs.elitsat.net>
In-Reply-To: <008901c0a056$5c6f3f00$7c4aabcd@cat>

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Thanks, it worked

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, pan wrote:

> 
> From: "Alexander" <amour@bugs.elitsat.net>
> 
> Subject: vidcontrol
> 
> 
> > What hardware is required to change my console to 132x60 or 132x50 ?
> > Because I have changed a lot of video cards and I still can't swith to it
> > When I list the modes (vidcontrol -i mode)  there are 132x25, 132x43,
> > 132x50, 132x60  but I can switch only to 132x25 and it is really ugly
> > If someone runs on bigger mode please answer ...
> > thanks
> > 
> > 
> Do you have a 8x8 font loaded?
> 
> //extract from rc.conf
> 
> font8x8="iso-8x8"
> font8x14="iso-8x14"
> font8x16="iso-8x16"
> cursor="blink"
> allscreens_flags="132x50"
> 
> echo '[SETTING UP VTs]'
> for ii in /dev/tty*
> do
>   /usr/sbin/vidcontrol green black > $ii 2>&1
> done
> 
> /usr/sbin/vidcontrol yellow black > /dev/ttyv1 2>&1
> 
> //
> 
> you should find installed fonts in
> /usr/share/syscons/fonts
> 
> You need a 8x8 for >25 rows
> 
> 
> 
> 
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