From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 23 8:29:16 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 23 08:29:14 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from grizzly.fas.com (cc69528-a.mtpls1.sc.home.com [24.6.61.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12DB037B400 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2000 08:29:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by grizzly.fas.com ($Revision: 1.37.109.23 $/16.2) id AA201578950; Sat, 23 Dec 2000 11:29:10 -0500 Subject: 132 character console mode wierdness To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (Free BSD Questions list) Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 11:29:10 -0500 (EST) From: "Stan Brown" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20001223162914.12DB037B400@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks to helpful list memeber I now understand how to switch console modes. However, when I do "vidcontrol 132x25, the console clears itself, and places a new command prompt in the uper left hand corner of the screeen, so far, so goo. Heree's where the trouble begins. If I just hit {RETURN} the cursor does move down one line, but the new prompt is about 2/3 of the way across th scree, Something like this: wateral# watera;# And it gets worse after that. Looks a lot lke the classic printer/terminal NL/CR problem. Can anyone susgest what I might be doing wrong? -- Stan Brown stanb@awod.com 843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message