Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 23:30:01 -0700 From: Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@localhost.nodak.edu> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: i386/440: want vidcontrol option to apply settings to all sysconsoles Message-ID: <199505240630.XAA01082@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 24 May 1995 01:25:45 -0500 <199505240625.BAA01327@localhost.nodak.edu>
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>Number: 440
>Category: i386
>Synopsis: want vidcontrol option to apply settings to all sysconsoles
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs (FreeBSD bugs mailing list)
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue May 23 23:30:00 1995
>Originator: Daniel Ortmann
>Organization:
North Dakota State University
>Release: FreeBSD 2.0.950418-SNAP i386
>Environment:
Kernel and sources rebuilt on:
FreeBSD 2.0-BUILT-19950512 (...) #0: Fri May 12 20:42:36 CDT 1995
>Description:
If vidcontrol could apply color and video modes to all sysconsoles as
well as to just the current console, then /etc/sysconfig could conveniently
set those items.
E.g. I want to do the following from /etc/sysconfig:
vidcontrol brown black
vidcontrol VGA_80x50
A related suggestion would be to update /etc/sysconfig to something like
the following:
# Set foreground and background colors [local addition] (or NO for default)
foreground=brown
background=black
# Set overall video mode [local addition] (or NO for default)
# Don't forget to set the terminal type in /etc/ttys to agree with this.
videomode=VGA_80x50
/etc/rc.386 might also be updated to use it like this:
# foreground and background colors
if [ "X${foreground}" != X"NO" -a "X${background}" != X"NO" ]; then
echo -n ' colors'; vidcontrol ${foreground} ${background}
fi
# video mode
if [ "X${videomode}" != X"NO" ]; then
echo -n ' videomode'; vidcontrol ${videomode}
fi
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