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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!ng1.icn.state.ia.us!beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us!geoffrey From: geoffrey@beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us (geoffrey alexander) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Console setup Date: 10 Jun 97 00:34:39 GMT Organization: ICN News Server Lines: 30 Message-ID: <geoffrey.865902879@beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us> References: <33933152.D1A@nettipaja.clinet.fi> <5n0p74$5bl@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> <slrn5p99hd.1jg.ripley@nortobor.nostromo.in-berlin.de> <5n8nfe$20d@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> <geoffrey.865618956@beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us> <slrn5pmdoo.7d.ripley@nortobor.nostromo.in-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42671 ripley@nostromo.in-berlin.de (H. Eckert) writes: >geoffrey@beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us (geoffrey alexander): >> # Choose font 8x8 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO for default) >> font8x8=/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-8x8.fnt > ^^^^^ :-( >These are from my sysconfig file: > font8x16="iso-8x16" > font8x14="iso-8x14" > font8x8="iso-8x8" >> 2.Add to /etc/rc.local: >> for tty in /dev/ttyv? >> do >> vidcontrol VGA_80x60 <$tty >/dev/null 2>&1 >> done >This is essentially what I do now, but it happens too late. What >I'd like to be able to change the default screen size for >everything in text mode. Each time I run "startx" the display >transitions through ttyv0 which in this process is reset to 80x25 >temporarily thus deleting all syslog output on screen... X? none of this applies to the X window system. You'll have to follow the other chapters in the tutorial for X stuff.... :). I'v set up the 'vidcontrol' commands I use in a script I installed in /bin, so I can run it whenever, es p. after X exits.... g.a.