On Friday, May 10, 2024 4:28:32 PM PDT you wrote:
> On Fri, 10 May 2024, Stephen Medina wrote:
> >> [     1.014923] genfb0: framebuffer at 0xf1000000, size 1024x768, depth
> >> 32,
> >> stride 4096
> >> 
> >> and this tells us the resolution of the display.
> > 
> > 1024 x 768
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> >> So I have 48 rows and 128 columns, despite the quite low res monitor
> >> used on that console.
> > 
> > I get 24 rows and 64 columns! Too low it seems. Do I need a different
> > monitor?
> In some cases, the kernel picks the wrong font size. Try a smaller one:
> 
> https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2024/04/11/msg030909.html
> 
> -RVP

Yeap, this did it:

wsconsctl -dw font=Boldface

It loaded a smaller font and sysint was able to continue. Thanks.


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