git: 56f49dd3a046 - releng/15.0 - vt.4: Document increasing scrollback size
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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:39:05 UTC
The branch releng/15.0 has been updated by cperciva:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=56f49dd3a0465767a54ecee91ba0deb4c7557656
commit 56f49dd3a0465767a54ecee91ba0deb4c7557656
Author: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-11-21 17:40:56 +0000
Commit: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-11-23 16:38:34 +0000
vt.4: Document increasing scrollback size
Approved by: re (cperciva)
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)
(cherry picked from commit 2da71ee296add6c39e26e8b103dd24a12e8ce320)
---
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 21d69bf9d495..6176c8c3093e 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
@@ -352,6 +352,12 @@ 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
@@ -414,6 +420,7 @@ at boot:
.Xr getty 8 ,
.Xr kldload 8 ,
.Xr moused 8 ,
+.Xr vidcontrol 8 ,
.Xr vtfontcvt 8
.Sh HISTORY
The