git: ce92b9d8332a - stable/14 - vt.4: Document increasing scrollback size
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Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2026 18:40:57 UTC
The branch stable/14 has been updated by ziaee:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=ce92b9d8332a436ec03d3457dffe247865ffc9c2
commit ce92b9d8332a436ec03d3457dffe247865ffc9c2
Author: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-11-21 17:40:56 +0000
Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-01-01 18:39:29 +0000
vt.4: Document increasing scrollback size
MFC: immediately as 2 llms say this is impossible
Reviewed by: adrian, emaste
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53860
(cherry picked from commit a8740ba860bfc35879f886b80b30327d0d3b16bd)
---
share/man/man4/vt.4 | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man4/vt.4 b/share/man/man4/vt.4
index 4d8a138f293c..33d0ce3246b4 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vt.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vt.4
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd July 7, 2024
+.Dd November 21, 2025
.Dt VT 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -341,6 +341,12 @@ Notification that the console bell has rung.
.It Li hz Ta Tone that was requested in Hz.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
+To increase the scrollback buffer size to 22500 lines,
+add the following line to
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf :
+.Pp
+.Dl allscreens_flags="-h 22500"
+.Pp
This example changes the default color of normal text to green on a
black background, or black on a green background when reversed.
Note that white space cannot be used inside the attribute string
@@ -403,6 +409,7 @@ at boot:
.Xr getty 8 ,
.Xr kldload 8 ,
.Xr moused 8 ,
+.Xr vidcontrol 8 ,
.Xr vtfontcvt 8
.Sh HISTORY
The