How to change the font size in the terminal

Erik Trulsson ertr1013 at student.uu.se
Fri Sep 14 01:31:27 PDT 2007


On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 04:23:03AM -0400, Payne wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> One question, I got the kernel install and it works nicely. I am using the 
> following...
> 
> vidcontrol MODE_279
> 
> But how can I added to the rc.conf because it not the same as the sames.

Put the line
  allscreens_flags="MODE_279"
in /etc/rc.conf




> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chuck
> 
> Joshua Isom wrote:
>> If you run `vidcontrol -i mode` it will tell you what your monitor's 
>> capable of with text and graphics.  But I'd recommend looking at the 
>> manpage first.
>> 
>> On Sep 14, 2007, at 1:33 AM, Payne wrote:
>> 
>>> Guys,
>>> 
>>> One thing that has always bugged me, it the font size of the terminal, I 
>>> have tried for months to change the size to something like linux uses, so 
>>> that my size is using my 1200x1000 better and not looking like 600x400 
>>> screen. But no matter what I do, it always stays the same, I have looked 
>>> on the great waste of google with no luck. Is there some like hurd that 
>>> helps change the screen to the monitor out put?
>>> 
>>> Chuck


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