>>>>> "John" == John Hartnup <john@hartnup.net> writes:

  John> Hi,

  John> I tried out a NetBSD image on my DC over the weekend, just to see if it worked.

  John> Although I didn't get as far as mounting a / filesystem, what immediately
  John> struck me was the strange looking writing (this was on my TV, using RGB) -
  John> it appears as if lines were missing from the display, making the text
  John> very hard to read (but possible if you know what you're looking for).

I noticed this myself when I tried booting with a video monitor
yesterday (I normally use VGA).  There is something wrong with the
code, but I don't know what yet.


  John> Is there an option to use a larger font for the console, possibly aiming for
  John> a 40 column (ish) display? I am not a kernel hacker...

wscons is supposed to be able to load fonts from disk after boot,
don't remember what command to use though...


  // Marcus