Console font/res in OpenBSD
How do I change the console font/size in OpenBSD? A crappy screen I got my hands on doesnt handle 80x25 very well (yes, it was cheap).
July 20, 2002 09:04 PM
Lookup the wsconscfg(8) man page. I''d like to help more but I have never needed to do that. It will require a fairly recent OpenBSD version (2.8+), but older version did have similar tools, though I can''t remember what they were named.
From my OpenBSD 3.0 system (same on 3.1):
EXAMPLES
wsconscfg -t 80x50 -e vt100 1
Configure screen 1 (i.e., the second) for type ``80x50'''' and VT100 termi-
nal emulation. (Note: ``80x50'''' is a screen type offered by the vga(4)
display driver. In this particular case, an 8x8-font must be loaded be-
forehand to make the screen useful. See wsfontload(8).)
The vga(4) man page has informations about a few modes, including a 80x24 and 80x24bf (8 colors, 2 fonts). Hopefully your monitor will support one of these.
Hope this helps.
From my OpenBSD 3.0 system (same on 3.1):
EXAMPLES
wsconscfg -t 80x50 -e vt100 1
Configure screen 1 (i.e., the second) for type ``80x50'''' and VT100 termi-
nal emulation. (Note: ``80x50'''' is a screen type offered by the vga(4)
display driver. In this particular case, an 8x8-font must be loaded be-
forehand to make the screen useful. See wsfontload(8).)
The vga(4) man page has informations about a few modes, including a 80x24 and 80x24bf (8 colors, 2 fonts). Hopefully your monitor will support one of these.
Hope this helps.
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