From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 18 3:33:35 2002 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 35E1137B401 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 03:33:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C84643E4A for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 03:33:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk ([IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7IAXRQI002425; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 11:33:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7IAXMMw002424; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 11:33:22 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 11:33:22 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Joseph Maxwell Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Grey Screen Message-ID: <20020818103322.GA2079@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <3D5EA42B.82AFF82E@jaymax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D5EA42B.82AFF82E@jaymax.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Tel: +44 1628 476614 Marlow Fax: +44 0870 0522645 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message