Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 17:40:01 -0500 (EST) From: David Anderson <partek@indecent.com> To: Hellmuth Michaelis <hm@altona.hamburg.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCVT problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950912171922.5354E-100000@system1.indecent.com> In-Reply-To: <m0ssRrc-000019C@ernie.altona.hamburg.com>
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On Tue, 12 Sep 1995, Hellmuth Michaelis wrote: > > With the problems I've had with the cons25 console driver, I decided to > > give pcvt another shot. I've come across a few things(which I may have > > mentioned before) that don't look quite right. > > 1- What is supposed to be bold turns out blue.(bad mappings?) > This is as it should be. It was done because of a shortcoming in the VGA > architecture. The color assignments are changeable at compile time in > pcvt_conf.h. The only thing that I found changable in that file was the kernel bootup colors. I've been playing with scon though and it's working somewhat. > > 2- The output on the screen at boot is white on a red background(not a > > problem, just looks weird) > This is as it should be. It was done because of personal prefenrence and > is cahngeable at compile time in pcvt_conf.h. Done. Thanks :) > > 3- When using IRC, the screen "shakes" when a a new line of text goes > > through. It quite literally gives me a headache. (An incentive to stay > > off of IRC? :) ) > No idea, never used IRC. My fault, I still had things set to cons25. Problem fixed :) > > 4- The cursor seems to be lagged behind my typing. > You seem to be as very fast typist then ! :-) So I've been told :) > The cursor update is done asynchronously in pcvt and its frequency is > controlled by the compile time variable PCVT_UPDATEFAST which is again > changable in pcvt_conf.h. Hmm.. I knew there had to be an easy answer to all of this :) > > 5- When using the up arrow key in tcsh to recall commands, it doesn't > > clear the current line, so things get jumbled up. > No idea. I'm using bash for years now, and it works for me. Again, I still had my TERM variable set to cons25. :/ > Anyway, i would also suggest to read the (not perfect) docs in the directory > /usr/src/usr.sbin/pcvt/Misc/Doc ! Will do :) Thanks for all the help. Later, Dave +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | David Anderson | Partek on IRC | partek@indecent.com | partek@youth.org | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | "We do not have to resign our vision to what 'the world is really like'. | | The roles of our past do not have to be the blueprint for our future. No | | fear. No hate. No limits. Anything is possible." - Unknown | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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