Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 11:33:22 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Joseph Maxwell <jemaxwell@jaymax.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Grey Screen Message-ID: <20020818103322.GA2079@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <3D5EA42B.82AFF82E@jaymax.com> References: <bulk.53896.20020816171507@hub.freebsd.org> <3D5EA42B.82AFF82E@jaymax.com>
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On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 12:29:48PM -0700, Joseph Maxwell wrote:
> What causes a "Grey Screen" with lots of x's & q's on the
> /stand/sysinstall command. What is it indicative of, and how can it
> be corrected?
I've seen /stand/sysinstall get confused by loading iso8859-1 fonts
into the console. It loses the ability to draw the lines around the
frame of the window, replacing them with lots of ordinary ascii
characters. Apart from that, the program is still quite usable.
You're using iso fonts on the console if you see entries like:
font8x14="iso-8x14"
font8x16="iso-8x16"
font8x8="iso-8x8"
keymap="uk.iso" <--- modify the 'uk' part according to locale
in your /etc/rc.conf
If that effect is what you're seeing, you can fix things up by:
setenv TERM cons25l1
before you invoke /stand/sysinstall. If you get bored typing that all
the time, you can edit /etc/ttys and change the terminal type from
cons25 to cons25l1 for ttyv0 -- ttyv7. Check /etc/termcap for the
equivalents to support iso8859-2, iso8859-7, koi8. When you've done
editing the ttys file, type:
kill -HUP 1
to get init to reread it (warning: that will forcibly log out
everyone with a console session, including yourself).
Cheers,
Matthew
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