From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 18 13:11:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0003316A4CE for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:11:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out009.verizon.net (out009pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F7CD43D53 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:11:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: from localhost ([141.154.19.31]) by out009.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20040818131141.NIHZ23440.out009.verizon.net@localhost> for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:11:41 -0500 Received: from keyslapper.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7IDBlw2076487 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:11:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by keyslapper.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i7IDBkFn076486 for questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:11:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from leblanc) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:11:46 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc To: FreeBSD - questions Message-ID: <20040818131146.GC76179@keyslapper.org> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD - questions References: <4122D175.8060707@att.net> <4122FEE1.8040000@att.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4122FEE1.8040000@att.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out009.verizon.net from [141.154.19.31] at Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:11:41 -0500 Subject: Re: scrollback history buffer setting (was keyboard) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:11:43 -0000 On 08/18/04 12:01 AM, Jay O'Brien sat at the `puter and typed: > Jay O'Brien wrote: > > > I can run kbdcontrol -h 500 or vidcontrol -h 500 to set the > > scroll back keyboard history buffer to 500 lines for the > > virtual terminal I'm using. How can I make that happen at > > boot, in the same manner as I run allscreens_flags in > > rc.conf to set other terminal parameters? I don't need > > this to set all of the virtual terminals; it would be > > nice if each terminal could be set separately. > > > > It doesn't work for me when placed in rc.conf, with either > > a direct command or attempting to use allscreens_flags. > > > > I'm using 4.10. > > > > Jay O'Brien > > Rio Linda, CA USA > > Follow-up: > > Re-reading the above could be interpreted that I want to be able > to review more keyboard lines; not so. I should not have used the > word "keyboard". I'm looking for redisplay of the screen lines. > Both kbdcontrol and vidcontrol perform that function. I've built > a workaround by adding this to root and user .cshrc: > alias bu vidcontrol -h (with a space following). > This allows me to type 'bu 500' to set the buffer to 500 lines. > > In addition, I would like to be able to set it during boot. Is > that possible? I might be misunderstanding you, but if you're talking about the number of lines you want to be able to scroll up in an xterm, I use the X resource in ~/.Xdefaults. Not sure what vidcontrol has to do with this, but the following in .Xdefaults does this for me: xterm*saveLines: 500 HTH Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Tact, n.: The unsaid part of what you're thinking.