Mention that 8x8 font is required for 43, 50 and 60 line text modes,
and that font files can be specified in /etc/rc.conf[.local].
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.\" t
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.\"
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.\" vidcontrol - a utility for manipulating the syscons video driver
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.\"
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)vidcontrol.1
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.\" $Id: vidcontrol.1,v 1.14 1998/09/23 10:00:15 yokota Exp $
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.\" $Id: vidcontrol.1,v 1.15 1999/04/08 13:51:54 ghelmer Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd May 22, 1994
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.Dt VIDCONTROL 1
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.Ar VESA_132x43 ,
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.Ar VESA_132x50 ,
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.Ar VESA_132x60 .
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The graphic mode
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.Ar VGA_320x200
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and
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.\"The graphic mode
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.\".Ar VGA_320x200
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.\"and
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The raster text mode
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.Ar VESA_800x600
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can also be chosen.
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Note that not all modes listed above may be supported by the video
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hardware, and that the VESA BIOS support must be linked to the kernel
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or loaded as a KLD if you wish to use VESA video modes or
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132 column modes.
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See
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.Sx Video Mode Support
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below.
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.It fgcol Op bgcol
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Change colors when displaying text. Specify the foreground color
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(e.g. "vidcontrol white"), or both a foreground & background color
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.It Fl x
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Use hexadecimal digits for output.
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.El
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.Ss Video Mode Support
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Note that not all modes listed above may be supported by the video
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hardware.
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You can verify which mode is supported by the video hardware, using the
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.Fl i Ar mode
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option.
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.Pp
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The VESA BIOS support must be linked to the kernel
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or loaded as a KLD module if you wish to use VESA video modes
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or 132 column modes
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.Pq see Xr vga 4 .
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.Pp
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Video modes other than 25 and 30 line modes may require specific size of font.
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Use
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.Fl f
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option above to load a font file to the kernel.
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If the required size of font has not been loaded to the kernel,
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.Nm
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will fail if the user attempts to set a new video mode.
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.Pp
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.TS
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c s
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c c
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l c.
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Video modes and font size
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Modes Font size
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25 line modes 8x16 (VGA), 8x14 (EGA)
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30 line modes 8x16
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43 line modes 8x8
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50 line modes 8x8
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60 line modes 8x8
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.TE
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.Pp
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It is better to always load all three sizes (8x8, 8x14 and 8x16)
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of the same font.
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.Pp
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You may set
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.Ar font8x8 ,
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.Ar font8x14
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and
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.Ar font8x16
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variables in
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
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to the desired font files so that they will be automatically loaded
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when the system starts up.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps -compact
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.It Pa /usr/share/syscons/fonts
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.Xr kbdcontrol 1 ,
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.Xr keyboard 4 ,
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.Xr screen 4 ,
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.Xr syscons 4 ,
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.Xr vga 4 ,
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.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
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.Xr moused 8
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Søren Schmidt Aq sos@FreeBSD.org
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