-----Original Message----- > From: Eric Kjeldergaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 5:28 PM > To: Giorgos Keramidas > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: font size on console. > > > On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:15:34 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2004-10-25 08:48, pixiedave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hey all, is therer a way to adjust the "resolution" on > the console? > > > I have played around with the settings in sysinstall, but it does > > > not apear to do anything. I have huge characters, and like small > > > size fonts and more real estate. > > > > > > If it matters, ATI 7500 TV card and a 17 inch lcd > display. Running > > > 6.0 on a P4 Intel Board. > > > > You can always try to kldload vesa.ko at boot time and then > experiment > > with VESA 800x600 modes: > > > > # vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600 > > > > Even without the VESA being loaded, setting appropriate fonts > and doing a vidcontrol 80x60 will be a big help. I run the > 80x60 on my laptop which is a radeon 7500 14" LCD. It gives > me a LOT more text area. man vidcontrol is the real resource > on the matter. > > > Someone was working on improved VESA support for the > FreeBSD console. > > The last time I checked the patch that floated around the -current > > mailing list, it supported 800x600 modes, 1024x768, even > 1280x1024 on > > some adapters. > > > > Then, there's always X11 :-) > > I didn't know that one could pass 1024x768. Thought there > was some or another issue with it, but maybe that's just for > displaying splash images. >
So where is the best place to load this at boot so when all users log in they get the vidcontrol settings I set. thanks dave _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"