Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:28:02 -0500 From: Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: font size on console. Message-ID: <d9175cad0410251728327b790e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041025131534.GB4553@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <1269804102505482996599b@mail.gmail.com> <20041025131534.GB4553@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:15:34 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > On 2004-10-25 08:48, pixiedave <pixiedave@gmail.com> wrote: > > hey all, is therer a way to adjust the "resolution" on the console? I > > have played around with the settings in sysinstall, but it does not > > apear to do anything. I have huge characters, and like small size > > fonts and more real estate. > > > > If it matters, ATI 7500 TV card and a 17 inch lcd display. > > Running 6.0 on a P4 Intel Board. > > You can always try to kldload vesa.ko at boot time and then experiment > with VESA 800x600 modes: > > # vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600 > Even without the VESA being loaded, setting appropriate fonts and doing a vidcontrol 80x60 will be a big help. I run the 80x60 on my laptop which is a radeon 7500 14" LCD. It gives me a LOT more text area. man vidcontrol is the real resource on the matter. > Someone was working on improved VESA support for the FreeBSD console. > The last time I checked the patch that floated around the -current > mailing list, it supported 800x600 modes, 1024x768, even 1280x1024 on > some adapters. > > Then, there's always X11 :-) I didn't know that one could pass 1024x768. Thought there was some or another issue with it, but maybe that's just for displaying splash images. -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.
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