Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 19:13:51 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Ian Grindley <ian.grindley@nichetech.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: really stupid question about vidcontrol Message-ID: <3B6838CF.34C7C1F4@i-clue.de> References: <2524C80D2EC3834E8C2C5A0CBE64AA3E026FEE@earth.nichetech.co.uk>
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Ian Grindley wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I am a pretty experienced computer user.. but new to unix.. so go easy.. > I have a real desire to get my BSD system running like the SUN SPARCS I > used at uni.. starting with the display > > I am running FreeBSD 4.3 (minimal distribution -still finding my way > around!) I can install packages ok and have a good understanding of > computer hardware.. > > Its really stupid but what I would like to do is to have my shell (not > running x yet) display black text on a white background.. like the SUN > Sparcs.. > > I have tried vidcontrol (looks promising but I cant get it to do much) > also it shows a gray background instead of brilliant white. This is because the braindead PC hardware does not allow for bright white background colors. Have a look at the output of vidcontrol show, that's all you will get. > I would like these settings to be the system default, so that any future > users will get these settings. (/skel/.dotfile perhaps?) It's an entry in /etc/rc.conf. Have a look at man rc.conf, and look out for allscreens_flags. > I cannot seem to change video modes either.. is this the right syntax? > vidcontrol mode xx > > where xx is the mode I want from the list you get by typing > vidcontrol -i mode > (I am running GeForce II mx 32MB) It's vidcontrol <mode>, where <mode> is one of the modes shown by vidcontrol -i mode, fifth column. > Please can someone give me some pointers on this? man vidcontrol is your friend. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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