Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:47:12 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: terminal incompatibility Message-ID: <20021122134712.GC10917@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <20021122133216.GC30135@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <20021122090927.84140.qmail@web11203.mail.yahoo.com> <20021122124909.GB10917@gothmog.gr> <20021122133216.GC30135@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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On 2002-11-22 13:32, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 02:49:09PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > You can always increase compatibility with other systems by changing > > cons25 to vt220 in /etc/ttys. Not all systems have a cons25 termcap > > entry, but they all know about good ol' vt220 terminals. FreeBSD's > > virtual ttys work fine then. > > Don't you also have to modify the kernel configuration to support > vt220 compatibility --- this stuff in GENERIC as documented in > pcvt(4)? syscons works fine with vt220 too. I do have a custom kernel config, but the only changes that I've done to the syscons part are: +options MAXCONS=8 # number of virtual consoles +options SC_ALT_MOUSE_IMAGE # simplified mouse cursor in text mode +options SC_DISABLE_REBOOT # disable reboot key sequence +options SC_HISTORY_SIZE=100 # small number of history buffer lines +options SC_PIXEL_MODE # add support for the raster text mode +options SC_TWOBUTTON_MOUSE # use right button to paste text To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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