been buggin' me for a while now (console resolution)

[Nikolas Britton]

On 7/10/06, Peter <petermatulis at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Hi, I am running 5.4-STABLE and I would like to have better resolution
> (more lines and columns) when I boot into console.  I used to be able
> to issue a command once there but I have forgotten that command.  I
> remember trying to allude to it via rc.conf or a startup file
> (rc.local?) but it did not work.  It seems to me that I needed the
> following in my rc.conf as a pre-requisite:
>
> font8x8="iso-8x8.fnt"
> font8x14="iso-8x14.fnt"
> font8x16="iso-8x16.fnt"
>
> So does anyone know how I can automatically get smaller fonts in my
> console?
>

I can't believe no one has told you this! Put this in the kernel:

options         VESA            # VESA BIOS support
options         SC_PIXEL_MODE   # Raster text (VESA graphic modes)

now rebuild the kernel and add this to /etc/rc.conf:

allscreens_flags="MODE_282"

You will have a 1280x1024 console after you reboot if your video card
has a real VESA BIOS. If that's too much console for you try MODE_279
(1024x768). For a full list of modes supported by your video card type
in at the console (it won't work in an X) 'vidcontrol -i mode |grep G'
the first column lists the MODE id number. To change the mode on the
fly use 'vidcontrol MODE_mode'.

Also try the extra cool blinking block cursor with:

allscreens_flags=" -c blink MODE_282".


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