Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:24:47 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, freebsd hackers <hackers@freebsd.org>, freebsd current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to get a mouse in vt(4) -- NEWCONS Message-ID: <CAN6yY1s8jNNoF60yCuNT77h=i5yWig%2BaGt6gQeBKBAEUwtH-GQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f4f353fda5a7cc559d48f12724b10c34.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> References: <ae6b08c5ee98b7e1a67c0803b2616b49.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408251724370.55552@wonkity.com> <f4f353fda5a7cc559d48f12724b10c34.authenticated@ultimatedns.net>
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Aug 2014, Chris H wrote: > > > >> I also read that hw.vga.textmode is available. However sysctl > >> hw.vga.textmode returns unknown oid. > > > > It is a boot-time-only setting for loader.conf. > > > > hw.vga.textmode=1 > > > > boots in text mode. > Ahh, I see. Thank you very much, Warren, for the reply. :) > > --Chris > > But the mouse should work fine with vt(4). It does for me. You do need to run moused, though that was the case with cs(4), as well. The lack of "blink" support was just noted in the last post to this list, so we can hope to hear a bit about the status of blink soon. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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