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From: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: [Q]: 132 columns for SVGA
Date: 8 Aug 1995 08:04:19 GMT
Organization: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
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Message-ID: <4075q3$f4u@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
References: <4073se$mu@rdserv.sie.siemens.co.at>
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In article <4073se$mu@rdserv.sie.siemens.co.at>, <peter.schurek@banyan.siemens.co.at> wrote:
>
>1) Is there program, kernel configuration or anything that makes such a mode
> setting ?
Try recompiling the kernel with the pcvt console drive instead of
the standard SCO-compatible one. This will give you color VT220-
compatible virtual consoles as well as much greater control over the
appearance and attributes of each console, see pcvt(8). Then consult
the scon(1) man page. An excerpt:
-l Lists the current configuration of runtime changeable options and
fixed parameters (such as the type of the adaptor, and in case of
a VGA adaptor, the Manufacturer, Chipset and 132 column support)
of the output portion of the pcvt driver.
-1 Sets 132 columns mode (only available on VGA adaptors).
-8 Sets 80 columns mode.
I've saved various screen scon calls to /etc/sysconfig, then call
them in /etc/rc.i386.
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org