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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