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@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $FreeBSD$
-.\"
-.Dd March 17, 2022
+.Dd May 8, 2023
.Dt "VT" 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -49,6 +47,7 @@ In
.Cd kern.vt.color.<colornum>.rgb="<colorspec>"
.Cd kern.vt.fb.default_mode="<X>x<Y>"
.Cd kern.vt.fb.modes.<connector>="<X>x<Y>"
+.Cd screen.font="<X>x<Y>"
.Pp
In
.Xr loader.conf 5 or
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ In
.Cd kern.vt.kbd_reboot=1
.Cd kern.vt.kbd_debug=1
.Cd kern.vt.kbd_panic=0
+.Cd kern.vt.enable_altgr=0
.Cd kern.vt.enable_bell=1
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ The Home and End keys jump to the beginning or end of the scrollback
buffer.
When finished reviewing, press the Scroll Lock key again to return to
normal use.
+Some laptop keyboards lack a Scroll Lock key, and use a special function key
+sequence (such as Fn + K) to access Scroll Lock.
.Sh DRIVER CONFIGURATION
.Ss Kernel Configuration Options
These kernel options control the
@@ -256,6 +258,11 @@ It will contain a list of connectors and their associated tunables.
This is currently only supported by the
.Cm vt_fb
backend when it is paired with a KMS video driver.
+.It Va screen.font
+Set this value to the base name of the desired font file located in
+.Pa /boot/fonts .
+Fonts can be converted for use with
+.Xr vtfontcvt 8 .
.El
.Sh KEYBOARD SYSCTL TUNABLES
These settings control whether certain special key combinations are enabled or
@@ -272,6 +279,8 @@ and can also be changed at runtime with the
.Xr sysctl 8
command.
.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Va kern.vt.enable_altgr
+Enable AltGr key (do not assume right Alt key as Alt).
.It Va kern.vt.kbd_halt
Enable halt keyboard combination.
.It Va kern.vt.kbd_poweroff
@@ -355,6 +364,14 @@ To set black and white colors of console palette
.Pp
.Dl kern.vt.color.0.rgb="10,10,10"
.Dl kern.vt.color.15.rgb="#f0f0f0"
+.Pp
+Load the 8x16 font in
+.Xr loader.conf 5
+from
+.Pa /boot/fonts/*.fnt[.gz]
+at boot:
+.Pp
+.Dl screen.font="8x16"
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kbdcontrol 1 ,
.Xr login 1 ,
@@ -368,6 +385,7 @@ To set black and white colors of console palette
.Xr syscons 4 ,
.Xr ukbd 4 ,
.Xr kbdmap 5 ,
+.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
.Xr ttys 5 ,
.Xr config 8 ,