Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:35:41 +0200 (CEST) From: Sascha Vieweg <saschaview@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD VMWare Mac screen resulution and keyboard map Message-ID: <alpine.OSX.2.02.1104182031240.1690@vyvhz> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1104090901390.55605@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.OSX.2.02.1104081808050.15924@vyvhz.ybpny> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1104090901390.55605@wonkity.com>
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On 11-04-09 17:17, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 8 Apr 2011, Sascha Vieweg wrote: > >> As a curious beginner I am running FreeBSD on VMWare Fusion >> 3.1.2 on a MacBook Pro 13'' i5, and I want to do two things on >> the normal (startup) console: >> >> (1) use my apple keyboard, especially, scroll through console >> output > > man syscons | less -p'Back Scrolling' ... Says: press the `slock' key (with some PC keyboard description). However, I have got a MB Pro where no such key is available. Thus, I may repeat my question: How can I get console scolling working on my MacBook Pro 13''? >> (2) have a screen resolution of at least 800x600. > > vidcontrol(1) can set different modes, potentially including > VESA_800x600. What's available depends on the video card BIOS > and you'll probably have to build a kernel with SC_PIXEL_MODE. > >> Both things seem to be no particular problem in X11, however, >> I cannot find advices for the normal console. > > Unless you're trying to emulate a machine without X11 for a > particular purpose, xterms are more versatile than consoles. > It's probably possible to get a console-like stack of fullscreen > xterms with one of the mouseless window managers. Thanks, the vidcontrol tip helped a lot. *S* -- Sascha Vieweg, saschaview@gmail.com
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