Re: Changing font size of tty
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 04:44:30PM -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Simon Dick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Why not just add vesa_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf ? Far nicer > > than hacking a startup file :) > > Good point. I forget that someone told me about that later. > > I don't quite agree with your last crack, though, because I think my > hack, which was submitted as a PR patch, should have avoided the need > for this sub-thread and the need for other people to run into this > dependency the hard way and the need to learn the vesa_load thing and > the (sort of) need to remove it again after they stop using "132" fonts. > > But my PR has apparently been shelved because someone is hoping that > some C programmer will eventually change vidcontrol instead. Seems like > a poor use of programmer resources, assuming it will ever happen, but > it's not my call. Any volunteers? It's PR 43500. I can see why it could be better to have it put into the startup files, but I use the vesa module despite not having really tried getting 132 column video working yet :) -- Simon Dick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Changing font size of tty
Simon Dick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why not just add vesa_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf ? Far nicer > than hacking a startup file :) Good point. I forget that someone told me about that later. I don't quite agree with your last crack, though, because I think my hack, which was submitted as a PR patch, should have avoided the need for this sub-thread and the need for other people to run into this dependency the hard way and the need to learn the vesa_load thing and the (sort of) need to remove it again after they stop using "132" fonts. But my PR has apparently been shelved because someone is hoping that some C programmer will eventually change vidcontrol instead. Seems like a poor use of programmer resources, assuming it will ever happen, but it's not my call. Any volunteers? It's PR 43500. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Changing font size of tty
Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 10:47:46AM +0200, Pascal Giannakakis wrote: > > > how do i change the font size of the tty0? > > vidcontrol(1) You might be able to do it more permanently with /etc/rc.conf; I changed all my ttys with: font8x16="/usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso15-thin-8x16.fnt" font8x8="/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-thin-8x8.fnt" allscreens_flags="132x43" Plus, to support the "132", I kludged /etc/rc.syscons to do: kldload vesa There's also some font stuff in LINT, but it's probably no use. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Changing font size of tty
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 12:37:35PM -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 10:47:46AM +0200, Pascal Giannakakis wrote: > > > > > how do i change the font size of the tty0? > > > > vidcontrol(1) > > You might be able to do it more permanently with /etc/rc.conf; > I changed all my ttys with: > > font8x16="/usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso15-thin-8x16.fnt" > font8x8="/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-thin-8x8.fnt" > allscreens_flags="132x43" > > Plus, to support the "132", I kludged /etc/rc.syscons to do: > kldload vesa Why not just add vesa_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf ? Far nicer than hacking a startup file :) -- Simon Dick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
