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From: Detlef Sax <sax@noart.de>
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Subject: Re: Setting the TTY VT font globally
Date: 22 Sep 2024 07:51:17 GMT
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On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 19:20:31 -0000 (UTC), Anton Shepelev wrote:
>
> Hello, all.
>
> FreeBSD 14.1 RELEASE here.
>
> The virtual TTYs (Ctrl+Alt+F1..F8) are provided through VT(4),
> the man page to which mentions only one tool for setting
> up the font -- vidcontrol(1), which affects only the TTY on which
> the program is invoked.
>
> How, then, can I set up the font I need (e.g. terminus-b32.fnt),
>   a) as early in the boot process as possble, and
>   b) for all TTYs, 1 to 8 ?

Simply put following into /etc/rc.config:
fontb32="terminus-b32.fnt"

sysrc fontb32="terminus-b32.fnt"
does the job.

man rc.conf
or
less /etc/defaults/rc.conf
for other useful settings.

Detlef
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