sc_pixel_mode and setting console font size at boot time...

Carlos Alloatti calloatti at gmail.com
Thu May 12 07:08:19 PDT 2005


On 5/12/05, Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen at ispro.net.tr> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have been trying to change the console font size to something smaller
> and if possible I want to change the console resolution to 800x600 or
> 1024x768.
> 
> I am using a laptop and I compiled my kernel with vesa and sc_pixelmode
> but I am not able to change the text size etc. with vidcontrol even.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Evren
> 

And also, are you loading fonts in rc.conf? Check man vidcontrol, load
all 3 font sizes in rc.conf

font8x8="somefont"
font8x14="somefont"
font8x16="somefont"

You can use sysinstall to load fonts in rc.conf (in 5.3 at least)
-- 
Carlos Alloatti
calloatti at gmail.com


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