Hello RVP, On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 7:46 AM RVP <r...@sdf.org> wrote: > > On Tue, 14 Sep 2021, Riza Dindir wrote: > > > Would that mean that I have to add the font (FONT_SPLEEN12x24) to the > > /usr/share/wscons/fonts directory and be able to use these fonts? No > > need to compile a kernel with that font (since I am using 9.2 stable)? > > > > Most of the fonts that can be compiled into the kernel are in the form of > header files in /usr/src/sys/dev/wsfont/, so you can't try 'em out using > wsfontload. To see what they look like, you have to convert them back > into WSFont files. I hacked something to do just that some time back: > > https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/311-wsfont-changing-the-default-netbsd-console-font > > But, if you want the same font to be used from boot to login, then you > have to choose _one_ font then compile that into the kernel.
It is not so important for me, after thinking about it, to have the same font throughout the entire boot process. I can live with the font changes during the booting process. Not a big deal. But is it possible to download other fonts from somewhere? I could put these into the /usr/share/wscons/fonts directory and could have a console that has smaller fonts at the end of the boot process. Currently I am using the ibm 8x16 bit font, which is better when compared to the font that was used. I think it was a 16x32 font on a resolution of 85x24 console resolution. Would it be possible to use the spleen* fonts from within wscons? I think that would be possible. > > > I have uncommented the font ibm at the start of wscons.conf and set > > the vars for ttyE* to the ibm font. But it is saying Device not > > configured > > > > ttyE1: wsconscfg: /dev/ttyE1: DEvice not configured > > > > and I did remove the setvars (commenting these out again) and it showed. > > > > wsconscfg WSDISPLAYIO_ADDSCREEN: Device not configured > > > > This is explained in Chapter 8 of the Guide: > > https://netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-cons.html > > You have to enable the tty lines for ttyE{1,2,3...}: > > $ cat /etc/ttys > ... > console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" vt100 off secure > constty "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" vt100 off secure > ttyE0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" wsvt25 on secure > ttyE1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" wsvt25 on secure > ttyE2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" wsvt25 on secure > ttyE3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" wsvt25 on secure > ... > $ Yes I have these enabled. And I got the fonts to work. Am using the ibm 8x16 bit fonts. > > -RVP Riza
