Subject: Re: wscons fonts (80x50 mode)
To: Rick Byers <RickB@BigScaryChildren.net>
From: Mark White <mark.white@st-edmund-hall.oxford.ac.uk>
List: current-users
Date: 04/18/2001 15:58:32
Rick Byers writes:
> wsfontload -N ibm -h 8 -e ibm /usr/share/wscons/fonts/vt220l.808
> wsconscfg -t 80x50 7
> echo testing > /dev/ttyE7
>  
> The characters are cut-off, i.e. still 8x16 fonts in an 80x50
> display.  Any ideas where I can look for the cause?  Does anyone else have
> this working?

Are you using an ATI vid card of some sort?  There are some
known issues there (IIRC, NetBSD design and Rage chipset
flaws combine such that it's only currently possible to use
font slot 0).

Mark <><