From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 20 00:52:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADA4316A41F for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:52:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from unixgeek@six-two.net) Received: from imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CCD243D45 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:52:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from unixgeek@six-two.net) Received: from ibm69aec.bellsouth.net ([65.7.234.118]) by imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050920005254.OJRY29202.imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm69aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:52:54 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (really [65.7.234.118]) by ibm69aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050920005254.BWXQ25279.ibm69aec.bellsouth.net@[192.168.1.102]>; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:52:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Gunter Wambaugh Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:53:10 -0500 To: Harout S. Hedeshian X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing Console Video Modes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:52:55 -0000 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 > > > >