Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:53:10 -0500 From: Gunter Wambaugh <unixgeek@six-two.net> To: Harout S. Hedeshian <hhedeshian@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing Console Video Modes Message-ID: <D68A14C5-4515-490B-AB62-FAE59B214694@six-two.net> In-Reply-To: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAANtk9HC58eESf2Gssyf38SMKAAAAQAAAAjyR7PFpkoE6nFbFWP9sG8wEAAAAA@comcast.net> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAANtk9HC58eESf2Gssyf38SMKAAAAQAAAAjyR7PFpkoE6nFbFWP9sG8wEAAAAA@comcast.net>
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I haven't kept up with the responses, so I apologize if this is duplicate info. I don't think 1024x768 is possible for FreeBSD < 6. My /etc/rc.conf has: font8x16="m.fnt" allscreens_flags="132x25" And that yields a decent screen (Not as good as what we get in GNU/ Linux mind you). The m.fnt is from slackware (I think). And I think your kernel needs options VESA options SC_PIXEL_MODE for this to work. I don't recall where I found this script--maybe it would be of some use to you. http://www.six-two.net/~gunter/vc.sh I use bash as my shell and put an alias to ls for colors. ~/.bashrc: alias ls='ls -FG' On Sep 18, 2005, at 1:06 PM, Harout S. Hedeshian wrote: > Users, > > This is my first time on this list so I hope I am > posting in the > right place. I have been a Linux user for some time and I am trying > out > FreeBSD as some people recommended it. In my previous Mandrake (now > Mandriva) Linux system, I could pass a kernel parameter in the LILO > configuration file to set the console video mode (like "vga=xxx"). > I ran it > at 1024x768 and sometimes 1280x1024 (depending on the computer) to > allow > more text on the console. I am trying to do the same for my FreeBSD > system. > A quick Google search brought up this tutorial: > http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/. But, I'm not sure it does > what I > want. It takes parameters in terms of character-cell dimensions and > not > pixel dimensions. My question is, how do you tell the kernel to use > 1024x768 > as the video mode without having to deal with fonts? Is there an > easy way to > do it, or am I crazy to even ask? > > > > Oh, and one more thing, in Linux, the console is colorful. For > example, if > you type "ls", directories are blue, executables are green, > symlinks are > teal etc. Is there a way to make the console (or at least ls) > colorful in > FreeBSD? > > > > Thanks, > > Harout Hedeshian > > > >
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