Re: Old MAC console font
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 18:53:56 UTC
I took these notes when I was setting up my last FreeBSD box; I had the same problem with huge fonts. First, I fixed my keyboard to swap grave with tab, Ctrl with Caps-lock: me% kbdcontrol -d > keys.orig me% cp keys.orig keys.new [fixed keys.new] me% kbdcontrol -l keys.new me% kbdcontrol -r fast Here's the unified diff, indented 4 spaces: --- keys.orig 2020-03-29 01:52:39.000000000 -0400 +++ keys.new 2020-03-29 02:06:03.000000000 -0400 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ # code base shift cntrl shift alt shift cntrl shift state # ------------------------------------------------------------------ 000 nop nop nop nop nop nop nop nop O - 001 esc esc esc esc esc esc debug esc O + 001 '`' '~' nop nop '`' '~' nop nop O 002 '1' '!' nop nop '1' '!' nop nop O 003 '2' '@' nul nul '2' '@' nul nul O 004 '3' '#' nop nop '3' '#' nop nop O @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ 026 '[' '{' esc esc '[' '{' esc esc O 027 ']' '}' gs gs ']' '}' gs gs O 028 cr cr nl nl cr cr nl nl O - 029 lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl O + 029 clock clock clock clock clock clock clock clock O 030 'a' 'A' soh soh 'a' 'A' soh soh C 031 's' 'S' dc3 dc3 's' 'S' dc3 dc3 C 032 'd' 'D' eot eot 'd' 'D' eot eot C @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ 038 'l' 'L' ff ff 'l' 'L' ff ff C 039 ';' ':' nop nop ';' ':' nop nop O 040 ''' '"' nop nop ''' '"' nop nop O - 041 '`' '~' nop nop '`' '~' nop nop O + 041 esc esc esc esc esc esc debug esc O 042 lshift lshift lshift lshift lshift lshift lshift lshift O 043 '\' '|' fs fs '\' '|' fs fs O 044 'z' 'Z' sub sub 'z' 'Z' sub sub C @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ 055 '*' '*' '*' '*' '*' '*' '*' '*' O 056 lalt lalt lalt lalt lalt lalt lalt lalt O 057 ' ' ' ' nul ' ' ' ' ' ' susp ' ' O - 058 clock clock clock clock clock clock clock clock O + 058 lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl lctrl O 059 fkey01 fkey13 fkey25 fkey37 scr01 scr11 scr01 scr11 O 060 fkey02 fkey14 fkey26 fkey38 scr02 scr12 scr02 scr12 O 061 fkey03 fkey15 fkey27 fkey39 scr03 scr13 scr03 scr13 O Then I installed the terminus font: root# pkg fetch terminus-font root# pkg install terminus-font root# cp /var/cache/pkg/terminus-font-4.47_1.txz /root/packages There's a way to convert these into something the console can use. I got this via pkg install, but the sourceforge link has the fonts in BDF format: root# pkg fetch pcf2bdf root# pkg install pcf2bdf root# cp /var/cache/pkg/pcf2bdf-1.05.txz /root/packages To convert the fonts to something usable: root# cd /wherever/you/put/terminus-font root# vtfontcvt -w 6 -h 12 ter-u12n.bdf terminus-u12n.fnt root# ls -l terminus-u12n.fnt -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 16892 21-Oct-2020 19:24:17 terminus-u12n.fnt root# mv terminus-u12n.fnt /usr/share/vt/fonts Gave it a try, looked good: root# cd /usr/share/vt/fonts root# vidcontrol -f terminus-u12n.fnt You'll probably have to put something in /etc/rc.local or wherever to make this the default. See https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons#Font_Support for details. Hope this helps! -- Karl Vogel / vogelke AT pobox DOT com / I don't speak for anyone at the moment Hangover: the wrath of grapes.