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From: yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp. (Kazutaka YOKOTA)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Vidcontrol Question
Date: 5 Jul 1997 06:02:04 GMT
Organization: Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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In article <5p4pf8$kj4@news1-alterdial.uu.net> for comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Todd D Suess wrote:

root>>I am having a small problem with the vidcontrol facility..  If I try to change 
root>>to any video mode higher than VGA_80x25, I get the following message from
root>>Vidcontrol.
root>>
root>>cannot set videomode - invalid argument
root>>
root>>The exact command I am trying to execute is:
root>>
root>>vidcontrol VGA_80x50

You need to load appropriate font first.

Font files are in /usr/share/syscons/fonts. See the vidcontrol's man
page.

You need 8x14 font for EGA_80x25, 8x8 font for VGA_80x50, VGA_80x60
and EGA_80x43.

8x16, which is the default font already loaded in VGA_80x25 mode, is
required for VGA_80x25 and VGA_80x30.

Kazu