Changing Console Video Modes
Harout S. Hedeshian
hhedeshian at comcast.net
Sun Sep 18 20:32:05 PDT 2005
>> 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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