FreeBSD 6.2. Can I get 128x48 (or similar) console screens?

[Matthew Seaman]

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Alan Mackenzie wrote:

> Is it possible I've missed something relevant?  Or is there some sort of
> add-on utility which would give me consoles with (approximately) 128x48?

vidcontrol(1) -- it's part of the base system.

> My hardware is a desktop PC with a 1.2 GHz Athlon and a Matrox G400 AGP
> video card.

Should work fine.  You may need to 'kldload vga' (see vga(4) and
syscons(4)) to get some of the higher res modes, or even build
yourself a customized kernel.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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