Re: "vidcontrol -i mode" shows no output except header (in search of smaller console font)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 08:31:26 UTC
Hi, Where would this sysctl needed to be documented for the OP to find it? Regards, Ronald Van: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> Datum: 28 februari 2022 08:29 Aan: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> CC: FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Onderwerp: Re: "vidcontrol -i mode" shows no output except header (in search of smaller console font) > > > > >> >> On 28. Feb 2022, at 08:23, Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Toomas, >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:54 PM Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> On 27. Feb 2022, at 23:36, Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to get a smaller font in my text-consoles (using vt) on my Ryzen 4700 and Vega10 Renoir - based laptop with a fresh install of FreeBSD CURRENT from last week. >>>> >>> >>> __blockquote_end__ >>> [...] >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> UEFI or BIOS setup? >>> >>> >>> UEFI >>> >>> __blockquote_end__ >>> >>> UEFI >>> >>> __blockquote_start__ >>> With UEFI, sc and hw.vga.textmode has no effect. With UEFI or BIOS+hw.vga.textmode=0, you can set screen.font variable (empty value will cause the values list to be printed), or use loadfont command with your custom font file (created with vtfontcvt). >> >> >> I added 'screen.font="8x16"' to /boot/loader.conf, worked like a charm first time. >> >> Many thanks! >> Michael > > You are welcome. > > rgds, > toomas > > > >