Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 22:16:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r268187 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <201407022216.s62MG1qP027830@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock (doc committer) Date: Wed Jul 2 22:16:01 2014 New Revision: 268187 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/268187 Log: Improve markup, change references to nonexistent vt_vga(4), remove some language redundancy, and move the examples so sections are in the standard order. MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/share/man/man4/vt.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/vt.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/vt.4 Wed Jul 2 22:13:07 2014 (r268186) +++ head/share/man/man4/vt.4 Wed Jul 2 22:16:01 2014 (r268187) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 27, 2014 +.Dd July 2, 2014 .Dt "VIRTUAL TERMINALS" 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ These kernel options control the .Nm driver. .Bl -tag -width MAXCONS -.It Dv TERMINAL_NORM_ATTR=_attribute_ -.It Dv TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR=_attribute_ -These options allow to change the default colors used for normal and kernel -text respectively. +.It Dv TERMINAL_NORM_ATTR= Ns Pa attribute +.It Dv TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR= Ns Pa attribute +These options allow changing the default colors used for normal and kernel +text. Available colors are defined in .In sys/terminal.h . See @@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ is set, the system remains in text mode. Otherwise, .Nm switches to 640x480x16 VGA mode using -.Xr vt_vga 4 . +.Cm vt_vga . If a KMS .Pq Kernel Mode Switching video driver is available, the display is switched to high resolution and the KMS driver takes over. When a KMS driver is not available, -.Xr vt_vga 4 +.Cm vt_vga remains active. .Sh LOADER TUNABLES These settings can be entered at the @@ -184,27 +184,18 @@ Set to 1 to use virtual terminals in tex Features that require graphics mode, like loadable fonts, will be disabled. .It Va kern.vty -Set to vt to choose the +When both .Nm -driver for the system console, if the -.Xr syscons 4 -driver is also compiled in and is the default. +and +.Xr sc 4 have been compiled into the kernel, the one to use for the +system console can be selected by setting this value to +.Ql vt +or +.Ql sc . +If this value is not set, +.Xr sc 4 +is used. .El -.Sh EXAMPLES -The following line will change the default color of normal text. -Normal text will be green on black background. -Reversed normal text will be black on green background. -Note that you cannot put any white space inside the quoted string, -because of the current implementation of -.Xr config 8 . -.Pp -.Dl "options TERMINAL_NORM_ATTR=(FG_GREEN|BG_BLACK)" -.Pp -The following line will change the default color of kernel messages. -Kernel messages will be printed bright red on black background. -Reversed kernel messages will be black on bright red background. -.Pp -.Dl "options TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR=(FG_LIGHTRED|BG_BLACK)" .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/* -compact .It Pa /dev/console @@ -214,6 +205,19 @@ virtual terminals .It Pa /etc/ttys terminal initialization information .El +.Sh EXAMPLES +This example changes the default color of normal text to green on a +black background, or black on a green background when reversed. +Note that white space cannot be used inside the attribute string +because of the current implementation of +.Xr config 8 . +.Pp +.Dl "options TERMINAL_NORM_ATTR=(FG_GREEN|BG_BLACK)" +.Pp +This line changes the default color of kernel messages to be bright red +on a black background, or black on a bright red background when reversed. +.Pp +.Dl "options TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR=(FG_LIGHTRED|BG_BLACK)" .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr kbdcontrol 1 , .Xr login 1 ,
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