Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 11:04:57 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Good <tomg@nrnet.org> To: "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: trifecta of beginner questions Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981202110114.1376A-100000@mailhost.nrnet.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981202093419.8841B-100000@adam.enteract.com>
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On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, John Sconiers wrote:
Thanks folks for the speedy replies!
> > 1) What is the equivalent of the UnixWare setcolour/Linux setterm
> > command to set fg/bg console screen colours?
>
> good question...I have and idea but defer to someone else....
Found it - this appears to be the 'vidcontrol' cmd. Can't try it right
now as I'm stuck on a UnixWare box...but the man page looks good!
> depending on your installation it may be there...did you install off of a
> cd-rom...over the net...did you download all the ports to your computer..
> If you used a cd-rom it's probaly on the cd-rom if you downloaded over the
> net....well the easiest way to do it woulld be to go into /usr/ports and
> run do a make install..
Right! Disk 4 of the Walnut Creek set has some tarballs...one thing I find
amusing is that the japanese version of pine is in the packages set on disk1
but std pine is buried. Hee hee...
Thanks again!
Cheers,
Tom
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