console fonts

[sk8harddiefast]

Hi
How can i change my console font? (This black screen with big white fonts before startx )
Also what is the smallest/coolest font to use?
I can download more console fonts?
I can change console resolution?
I want fonts as smaller as they can be

 

[shuxuef]

Hi
How can i change my console font? (This black screen with big white fonts before startx )
Also what is the smallest/coolest font to use?
I can download more console fonts?
I can change console resolution?
I want fonts as smaller as they can be

You can try vidcontrol, which I never tried before.

 

[DavidMarec]

Hi
How can i change my console font? (This black screen with big white fonts before startx )

Try to use "vidfont".
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kbdmap&sektion=1

The available fonts files are located in
/usr/share/syscons/fonts/*.fonts

Also what is the smallest/coolest font to use?

It depends of the character encoding you have chosen to use.

I can download more console fonts?

Don't know. You are welcome to design new ones, i think.

I can change console resolution?

Try "vidcontrol":
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vidcontrol&sektion=1

You can also set up the "SC_PIXEL_MODE
" and "vesa" options for the vesa/syscons driver in the kernel.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=syscons&sektion=4
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vga&sektion=4

 

[enCyde]

Hi isn't there a option in the sysinstall to change the terminal font? I have searched and searched and tested and tested, I have connected a monitor to my server now and the first thing that disturbed me was the font. I don't really get how to fix this without a restart. erhm.. I don't know how to fix this with a restart ether. I just want to make my fonts smaller so it will look cleaner. Would be happy for a solution. Can't be that hard

 

[wblock@]

# vidcontrol -i mode

That shows the modes available, although they won't all work. See vidcontrol(1) for the mode names. Then try them:
# vidcontrol 80x30

Console fonts select appearance, not size (as far as I remember).