From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 24 14: 5:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B853E37B419 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:05:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr364-a01.otenet.gr [195.167.109.33]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g1OM5Aqa007572; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 00:05:47 +0200 (EET) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1OKOjZ23299; Sun, 24 Feb 2002 22:24:45 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 22:24:45 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Thomas Schuerger Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Terminal settings for console Message-ID: <20020224202445.GD22935@hades.hell.gr> References: <200202241723.g1OHNk708241@wjpserver.cs.uni-sb.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: application/pgp; x-action=sign; format=text Content-Disposition: inline; filename="msg.pgp" In-Reply-To: <200202241723.g1OHNk708241@wjpserver.cs.uni-sb.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2002-02-24 18:23, Thomas Schuerger wrote: > Hi! > > What are the most usable settings to use in the console? My console is > currently not really usable (vi displays strange characters, moving > the cursor with the arrow keys doesn't work etc.). The default settings work quite nicely. > I'd like proper color support too. Where can I set those things? What > should I put there? The FreeBSD console does support color. Setting your TERM to cons25 should allow you to use color-using programs without problems. > Terminal settings for X11 are fine, just the console currently sucks. > ;) The console works like a charm, here. I use cons25 as the terminal type, and at times, I fire up screen(1), set my TERM to vt220 and test programs in monochrome mode. It's hard to guess what problems you could be having, without more information about: a) Your terminal type. b) What you are trying to do and stumble upon problems. c) What those problems are. Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE8eUwM1g+UGjGGA7YRAi1KAJ4l2fyRPY+2qVJoJjWc8XJ/XInvLgCghw9E dUzpJjAv3ePnNR7WAW5EBDg= =+f+L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message