>> 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
>Not sure about video modes (I usually use a Konsole or xterm), but for >color make sure "setenv CLICOLOR 1" is in your .cshrc. I don't know >if this works in other shells, but you could try an equivalent line in >an equivalent file for your particular shell. [Harout S. Hedeshian] Thanks, I added "setenv CLICOLOR 1" to /etc/csh.cshrc file and it works perfectly. Does anyone know about the video resolution?
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