Re: Console Resolution

2020-06-10 Thread Clark Chapman
On Sun, 1 Nov 2015, Ottavio Caruso wrote: You can change that editing /boot.cfg. man 5 boot.cfg, go to the "menu" section. Sounds like an excellent tip, and a lot easier than building a new kernel! Thanks, -- Bob Bernstein

Re: Console Resolution

2015-11-02 Thread Michael van Elst
On Sun, Nov 01, 2015 at 09:26:19PM -0500, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Sun, 1 Nov 2015, Michael van Elst wrote: > > >The other path was already mentioned, you can configure the bootloader in > >/boot.cfg to disable the framebuffer console. > > Thanks. May I infer that this problem of an unreadably

Re: Console Resolution

2015-11-01 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Sun, 1 Nov 2015, Michael van Elst wrote: In NetBSD 7.0 you get a graphical console (thanks to the new DRM support) The graphical console will have the resolution of your display and use the only existing console font in the kernel. What a completely unacceptable state of affairs! Surely

Re: Console Resolution

2015-11-01 Thread Hans dinsen-hansen
On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Michael van Elst wrote: > cchapm...@cogeco.ca (Clark Chapman) writes: > >>I did a fresh install of NBSD 7.0 on my x86_64 machine. When it boots >>the console starts in 80x25 mode then when DRM initializes it increases >>the resolution so the

Re: Console Resolution

2015-11-01 Thread Michael van Elst
On Sun, Nov 01, 2015 at 04:51:30PM +0100, Hans dinsen-hansen wrote: > Does this discussion mean that wscons disappear if I make an _update_ > to 7.0, or is it only a fresh install taht gives the tiny font? In NetBSD 7.0 you get a graphical console (thanks to the new DRM support) The graphical

Re: Console Resolution

2015-11-01 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Sun, 1 Nov 2015, Michael van Elst wrote: The other path was already mentioned, you can configure the bootloader in /boot.cfg to disable the framebuffer console. Thanks. May I infer that this problem of an unreadably small console font is not an issue for those who use display managers to

Re: Console Resolution

2015-11-01 Thread Michael van Elst
poo...@ruptured-duck.com (Bob Bernstein) writes: >On Sun, 1 Nov 2015, Michael van Elst wrote: >> In NetBSD 7.0 you get a graphical console (thanks to the new >> DRM support) The graphical console will have the resolution of >> your display and use the only existing console font in the >>

Re: Console Resolution

2015-11-01 Thread Ottavio Caruso
On 1 November 2015 at 17:49, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Sun, 1 Nov 2015, Michael van Elst wrote: > >> In NetBSD 7.0 you get a graphical console (thanks to the new DRM support) >> The graphical console will have the resolution of your display and use the >> only existing

Re: Console Resolution

2015-11-01 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Sun, 1 Nov 2015, Ottavio Caruso wrote: You can change that editing /boot.cfg. man 5 boot.cfg, go to the "menu" section. Sounds like an excellent tip, and a lot easier than building a new kernel! Thanks, -- Bob Bernstein

Re: Console Resolution

2015-10-30 Thread Clark Chapman
Michael van Elst wrote: cchapm...@cogeco.ca (Clark Chapman) writes: I did a fresh install of NBSD 7.0 on my x86_64 machine. When it boots the console starts in 80x25 mode then when DRM initializes it increases the resolution so the text is so small that my 77 year old eyes can barely read it.

Console Resolution

2015-10-27 Thread Clark Chapman
I did a fresh install of NBSD 7.0 on my x86_64 machine. When it boots the console starts in 80x25 mode then when DRM initializes it increases the resolution so the text is so small that my 77 year old eyes can barely read it. I have the same problem on my Raspberry Pi. When I start an X11