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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!masternews.telia.net!news.combitech.se!newsfeed1.telia.com!newsfeed100.telia.com!dde.dde.dk!berta.dde.dk!news From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Console setup Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 09:29:18 +0200 Organization: The FreeBSD Project Lines: 24 Message-ID: <339BB0CE.3736@freebsd.org> References: <33933152.D1A@nettipaja.clinet.fi> <5n0p74$5bl@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> <slrn5p99hd.1jg.ripley@nortobor.nostromo.in-berlin.de> <5n8nfe$20d@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> Reply-To: sos@freebsd.org NNTP-Posting-Host: ssc-pc.dde.dk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42641 Brian Somers wrote: > >> Have a look in /etc/sysconfig (or /etc/rc.conf in 2.2.2). > > > > Do you imply that the settings executed in /etc/rc.i386 are > > early enough so they are inherited by all virtual console > > screens ? I can't see any code in it (with 2.2.1-RELEASE) > > to get the virtual consoles set to VGA_80x25 or some different > > value submitted by /etc/sysconfig. Is this enhanced with 2.2.2 ? > [.....] > > This would be a nice bell/whistle - it's not in 2.2.2 AFAIK. > Søren, you still listening (*nudge*) ? Hmm, there are complications on doing this during the boot fase, but one can easily set it up in rc.something or in /usr/local/etc/rc.d like this: vidcontrol -f 8x8 iso-8x8 for tty in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f do vidcontrol VGA_80x60 < /dev/ttyv$tty done Søren