From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 3 03:07:44 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id DAA14845 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 3 Dec 1995 03:07:44 -0800 Received: from casparc.ppp.net (casparc.ppp.net [194.64.12.35]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id DAA14806 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 1995 03:07:30 -0800 Received: from ernie by casparc.ppp.net with uucp (Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tMCBG-000I5YC; Sun, 3 Dec 95 12:02 MET Received: by ernie.altona.hamburg.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tMBJl-00001dC; Sun, 3 Dec 95 11:06 MET Message-Id: From: hm@altona.hamburg.com (Hellmuth Michaelis) Subject: Re: New Kernel. alt F12, backspace, blinking cursor. To: jbarrm@panix.com (Barry Masterson) Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 11:06:45 +0100 (MET) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Barry Masterson" at Dec 2, 95 09:20:01 pm Reply-To: hm@altona.hamburg.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2997 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >From the keyboard of Barry Masterson: > In the kernel config file, I enabled PCVT, XSERVER & vt0. [...] > It took a few minutes to figure out how to access the virtual consoles, > in 2.0.5 I used ALT F1 - F6 for the six vc's. Now I know to use ALT F12 > to move from vc to vc. Also, ALT F11 displays some kind of system > status information bar. You are now running a driver different from syscons/sc0 with a different behaviour and different utilities to control it's behaviour. The complete documentation for pcvt is located under the directory: /usr/src/usr.sbin/pcvt/Misc/Doc please have a look at ALL those files. For the keybaord layout for pcvt, refer to the file /usr/src/usr.sbin/pcvt/Misc/Doc/Keyboard.HP. > I do however now have a Blinking Cursor. I had gotten used to the > solid cursor and now miss it. Any hints on how to change it back? You won't get it back unless you hack the driver - pcvt does not support a non-blinking cursor until now. > tried changing the /etc/sysconfig file; changing the 'cursor' line > from "normal" to NO, but upon rebooting, I still have the blinking > cursor. You are changing the syscons-utilities parameters by doing that ... > The message I got upon rebooting after the cursor change follows: > > [vidcontrol: cursorMust be on a virtual console: Inappropriate ioctl > for device] Vidcontrol is a syscons/sc0 utility, pcvt's control programs are scon(1), kcon(1), loadfont(1) and cursor(1). There is more, have a look at the tree below /usr/src/usr.sbin/pcvt. > In the original reInstallation of 2.1.0, I chose the screen saver > option. I have a NEC MultiSync XV15 monitor, and a S3 805 video card, > both of which support the 'green thing'. Upon booting the new kernel > I got this message: > > screensaver: /lkm/green_saver_mod.o: Undefined symbol `_scrn_blanked' > referenced from text segment Again, you are trying to apply syscons utilities to pcvt. Pcvt has by default a blank screen-saver compiled in, you activate it with the scon(1) utility. > Also, the backspace, and delete key no longer work, all I get now is > ^? and ^[[ respectively. They do work. Did you remeber to change the termcap type you use ? Are you still using cons25 ? If so, please use vt220 or a pcvtXXXX one. > This new setup is new to me. Any advice on how to use the what I guess > is PCVT will be appreciated. > > My main questions are, how do I get the cursor back to its Non-Blinking > state, and how do I fix the backspace & delete keys. I remember seeing > a few letters last week on PCVT. I still have to review them. Any help > on the above will be appreciated. To repeat: the complete documentation for pcvt is located under the directory: /usr/src/usr.sbin/pcvt/Misc/Doc I don't know why it was moved there, but it is as it is now. Please read it! hellmuth -- Hellmuth Michaelis hm@altona.hamburg.com Hamburg, Europe (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)nstall BSD ?