Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 19:58:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: M Shariful Anam <shuman@annexgrp.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: console stuff Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112195758.22079f-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BOO.3.96.980107231019.229A-100000@thing.annexgrp.org>
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, M Shariful Anam wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way to change the default 80x25 mode to something higher like > 132x43 (that my display card supports)? You have to teach vidcontrol/syscons how to switch to that mode. The command to change to modes beyond 80x25 are somewhat card-dependent. > Also, when I telnet to another unix box, the emulation does not seem to be > ok.. even with 'vt100'... for example.. when I try 'mc' (midnight > commander)... the box characters do not show up right... this is usually > not a problem when I telnet from Loser95/NT or linux... Depends on what you're using. syscons doesn't emulate vt100 very well; try using screen. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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