How to change the font size in the terminal

Payne payne at magidesign.com
Fri Sep 14 01:44:08 PDT 2007


Cool Beans, now I am cooking with Gas. Thanks Eric.

Erik Trulsson wrote:
> 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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