Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:05:28 +0800 From: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> To: James Williams <james.williams1952@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Console size and scrollback buffer. Message-ID: <49183FA8.5070807@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <6cadf1f00811100528v479e2e91s8d62552aa8a469e1@mail.gmail.com> References: <6cadf1f00811100507r3347e30ft2c7a3ed22f9c049b@mail.gmail.com> <6cadf1f00811100528v479e2e91s8d62552aa8a469e1@mail.gmail.com>
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James Williams wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> [On FreeBSD 7.1-BETA2, i386.]
>
> 1) How can I change the number of rowsxcols of the console? I'd like
> to use the maximum rows/cols available for the 1440x900 screen.
>
> 2) How can these settings be made default (takes effect at boot)?
>
> IOW, what is the equivalent of the "vga=0x365" Linux kernel option?
>
> 3) How I can set the scrollback buffer size (if that's the name) of
> the console -- the equivalent of Shift+{PgUp,PgDn} on Linux?
>
> I played around with vidcontrol but was not quite successful.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> -James.
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try adding this in /etc/rc.conf
vidcontrol -h 200
# -h = Set the size of the history scrollback buffer in number of lines.
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