Mark White wrote:
> 
> Rick Byers writes:
> > On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Mark White wrote:
> > > 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).
> >
> > Ah - Yes, both machines have ATI video cards (Rage IIc in one and
> > Rage 128 Pro in the other).  Is there any way to convince NetBSD to
> > replace the font in font slot 0?  I wouldn't mind having ALL my screens
> > use a 8x8 font.
> 
> Below is a patch from Bang Jun-Young (posted on port-i386 on
> 12 dec 2000).  It's against 1.5 source; I've used it fine on
> a IIc card.

There is a newer patch which enables font switching between
different text modes at:

	http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-i386/2000/12/19/0000.html

Implementing buggy card detection and workaround for ATI users would 
be not too difficult, but it's unlikely to be included in wscons...

Jun-Young

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Bang Jun-Young <bjy@mogua.org>