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Date:      Sat, 21 Oct 1995 13:26:21 GMT
From:      Basket Case <jon@pcca71.gallaudet.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   PCVT Console problems
Message-ID:  <199510211326.NAA06574@pcca71.gallaudet.edu>

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I've recently setup a PCVT console and recompiled the kernel.  Everything did
not work great (e.g. typing man ls would just print everything on one line)
until i typed setenv TERM vt220.  (Any solutions to this, other than putting
a line in .cshrc?)

The problem I have is that vidcontrol wont run.  When I type vidcontrol, it says
Must be on virtual console: Inappropriate ioctl for device

What is this error?  I'm doing everything from the console (currenly on v1)
and can't find any solutions to this problem.  My ttys file has the following:

ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pcvt50 on secure

same for ttyv1 & ttyv2.

What am i doing wrong here?

Jon



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