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From: Todd D Suess <root@cracked.inspace.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Vidcontrol Question
Date: 29 Jun 1997 04:48:40 GMT
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I am having a small problem with the vidcontrol facility..  If I try to change 
to any video mode higher than VGA_80x25, I get the following message from
Vidcontrol.

cannot set videomode - invalid argument

The exact command I am trying to execute is:

vidcontrol VGA_80x50

I do not have X installed, just everything except X.

BTW, is there a FreeBSD equivelent to the Linux facility FONTCONFIG?

The only thing I miss from Linux once I switched over to FreeBSD 2.2.2 is
the nifty fonts...

Any help would be most appreciated..

Todd