Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 17:14:15 +0300 From: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net> To: Claude Buisson <clbuisson@orange.fr> Cc: emaste@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFT vidcontrol for vt(4) Message-ID: <20140512171415.558dbcb68971d1db675ea39e@ddteam.net> In-Reply-To: <5370CE34.8000905@orange.fr> References: <20140311162743.072870a9afd4f74fff9e99e8@ddteam.net> <5370CE34.8000905@orange.fr>
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On Mon, 12 May 2014 15:35:48 +0200 Claude Buisson <clbuisson@orange.fr> wrote: > On 03/11/2014 15:27, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > > Hello hackers! > > > > Here is link to the patch[1] for vidcontrol that makes it to know if it > > run w/ or w/o vt(4) and if vt(4) is present, then: > > 1. screen map feature disabled (vt(4) use Unicode, so screen map not > > needed). > > 2. enable to load fornt from /usr/share/vt/fonts/ dir. PLease put > > "gallant" font[2] to /usr/share/vt/fonts/. > > > > Looks like it works fine, but maybe I forgot something :) > > So please test it in your own environment. > > > > Big thanks to Ed for preparing that font file! > > > > 1. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~ray/newcons/vidcontrol_for_vt_2014-03-11.patch > > 2. http://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/newcons/gallant.fnt > > > > Thanks! > > > > WBW > > > > Hi, > > I applied this patch on a 10.0-STABLE r264390 with a Radeon Mobility X300 (M22) > 5460, and DRM2. > > I could load an home made terminus 16x32 font (my eyes are too old to work with > a 8x16 font on a 1920x1200 17" screen), by > > - looping on each ttyvN in a rc.local script > > or > > - adding allscreens_flags="-f terminus-u32" to rc.conf (for /etc/rc.d/syscons > consumption) Cool! Are you like to share that font? > > I just discovered than scrolling back in console mode works ONLY on ttyv0. Huh, it's surprising me. Before your mail I think we have problem with scrollback on vty0, but not on others. :) Looks like I have to concentrate and fix them all at once. > > What I have to do to get scrolling on every ttyvN ? > > The only way to get the system working in normal VGA mode (640x480) (not loading > the drm2 and radeon kms modules by loader.conf) is by configuring the BIOS to > not do display expansion - which leads to the same ridiculously small font.. > > And of course, kbdmux keeps being mandatory to be able to load a keymap. Yeah, I still remember. :) > > TIA > > Claude Buisson > Many thanks Claude! WBW -- Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net>
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