Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:18:25 -0700 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: perikillo <perikillo@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Add colored border around console? Message-ID: <ef10de9a0608211918j3dc009a7w1779a1cc9db2c6fa@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51d7a5160608210927l71a51629k46af50e8117ed8ad@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef10de9a0608201316m7834aa46m79483f26ae8507f9@mail.gmail.com> <44E8F83B.4050503@ez.pereslavl.ru> <51d7a5160608210927l71a51629k46af50e8117ed8ad@mail.gmail.com>
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On 8/21/06, perikillo <perikillo@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/20/06, Alexey Mikhailov <karma@ez.pereslavl.ru> wrote: > > Nikolas Britton wrote: > > > What I want is the colored border around the console window... I have > > > no clue how to do it, /dev/random made the border you see the photo! I > > > let it run all night to generate interrupt load as part of a system > > > stress test. > > I think you need to use "vidcontrol". So "man vidcontrol" and look for > > "-b" option. > > > > I have this: > > /etc/rc.conf > > allscreens_flags="-f 8x8 iso-8x8 -b red -mode 80x60 green black" > > Just check which video modes support your video adapter, some video > cards that i have been using dosent support this settings. > Thanks. -b doesn't work, which is weird because this is the same system that /dev/random made the border on. I also wanted each side of the border to be a different color... like the one you see in the photo. What I really want is to duplicate what was in the photo. What about gettytab? -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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