From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 20 14:28:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA14176 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 14:28:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from unix.tfs.net (pm3-p44.tfs.net [206.154.183.236]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA14168 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 14:28:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jbryant@unix.tfs.net) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by unix.tfs.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) id QAA11446; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 16:28:38 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199711202228.QAA11446@unix.tfs.net> Subject: Re: vidcontrol questions In-Reply-To: <199711202148.NAA00409@inertia.dfacades.com> from Daniel Leeds at "Nov 20, 97 01:48:02 pm" To: dleeds@dfacades.com (Daniel Leeds) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 16:28:37 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Reply-to: jbryant@unix.tfs.net X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Jul 9 01:01:24 CDT 1997 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > i work on a laptop and use vidcontrol to set my screen background to > blue and text to yellow. > > if i use lynx or some other programs it reverts back to black and white > when i quit...is there some way to make yellow and blue the default so > whe i boot its like that and it wont change if some program exits > and resets the terminal as i assume its doing. > > thanks look in /usr/src/sys/i386/isa/syscons.c for user_default and kernel_default. one of the first things i always change, as i like cyan on black regular text, and yellow on black kernel messages... another thing to change would be in /usr/src/sys/i386/isa/syscons.h would be the HISTORY_SIZE if you like more scrollback buffering... jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+