Restoring sc console look and feel with vt

Polytropon freebsd at edvax.de
Sat Sep 9 00:44:44 UTC 2017


On Fri, 8 Sep 2017 11:43:57 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2017, Polytropon wrote:
> 
> >> For the former, removing the previous advice from loader.conf would be the
> >> first step.  Then you should be able to find an acceptable setting
> >> experimenting with vidcontrol eg resolution/fonts.
> >
> > With vidcontrol, I only get error messages. I think it ie tied
> > to sc? I also have no idea what font names to try...
> 
> Yes, it depends on VESA support by the video card.
> 
> Instead, try the "gop" command in the loader to list and set modes.

My 10.3 loader doesn't seem to know that command. Do I need to
upgrade to 11?



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