First, an 8x8 font must be loaded. To do this,
/etc/rc.conf
should contain the
line (change the font name to an appropriate one for
your locale):
The command to actually switch the mode is vidcontrol(1):
%
vidcontrol VGA_80x60
Various screen-oriented programs, such as vi(1), must
be able to determine the current screen dimensions. As this is
achieved this through ioctl
calls to the console
driver (such as syscons(4)) they will correctly determine the new
screen dimensions.
To make this more seamless, one can embed these commands in
the startup scripts so it takes place when the system boots.
To do this is add this line to /etc/rc.conf
References: rc.conf(5), vidcontrol(1).
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