Subject: 50-row text mode
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Trevin Beattie <trevin@xmission.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/23/1999 08:10:25
I thought I had read all of the relevant documentation and set the
configuration files properly, but I can't seem to get wscons to display any
virtual terminal properly in 50 line mode.
In my kernel configuration file, I have enabled the following wscons options:
options WSEMUL_VT100 # VT100/VT200 emulation
options WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_PCVT # emulate some ioctls
options WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_SYSCONS # emulate some ioctls
options WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_USL # VT handling
options WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_RAWKBD # can get raw scancodes
options WSCONS_SUPPORT_PCVTFONTS
vga* at pci?
wsdisplay* at vga? console ?
In my /etc/wscons.conf file, I have enabled the ibm font "vt220l.808" and
the pcvt font "vt220h.808", and have set up screens 1-4 as "80x50 vt100".
When the system boots up, I have all of the virtual consoles, but the fonts
are incorrect--the 80x50 screens are still using the 8x16 font, of which
only the top half of the characters is displayed, making many of the
characters ambiguous. What could I have missed?
If it makes any difference, my video chipset is ATI Rage Pro (specifically,
the XPert 98).
Also, I couldn't find any way to configure the console terminal to 50 line
mode. Can this be done?
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