Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:39:05 +0000 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org Cc: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> Subject: git: 56f49dd3a046 - releng/15.0 - vt.4: Document increasing scrollback size Message-ID: <692338a9.3709c.b2b7cf8@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch releng/15.0 has been updated by cperciva: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=56f49dd3a0465767a54ecee91ba0deb4c7557656 commit 56f49dd3a0465767a54ecee91ba0deb4c7557656 Author: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2025-11-21 17:40:56 +0000 Commit: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-11-23 16:38:34 +0000 vt.4: Document increasing scrollback size Approved by: re (cperciva) MFC: immediately as 2 llms say this is impossible Reviewed by: adrian, emaste Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53860 (cherry picked from commit a8740ba860bfc35879f886b80b30327d0d3b16bd) (cherry picked from commit 2da71ee296add6c39e26e8b103dd24a12e8ce320) --- share/man/man4/vt.4 | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/vt.4 b/share/man/man4/vt.4 index 21d69bf9d495..6176c8c3093e 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vt.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vt.4 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd July 7, 2024 +.Dd November 21, 2025 .Dt VT 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -352,6 +352,12 @@ Notification that the console bell has rung. .It Li hz Ta Tone that was requested in Hz. .El .Sh EXAMPLES +To increase the scrollback buffer size to 22500 lines, +add the following line to +.Pa /etc/rc.conf : +.Pp +.Dl allscreens_flags="-h 22500" +.Pp 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 @@ -414,6 +420,7 @@ at boot: .Xr getty 8 , .Xr kldload 8 , .Xr moused 8 , +.Xr vidcontrol 8 , .Xr vtfontcvt 8 .Sh HISTORY Thehelp
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