From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 19 01:22:31 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95D5316A41F for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:22:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from smtpout1.ywave.com (ycomradius.yelmtel.com [216.227.100.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 47E6D43D46 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:22:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: (qmail 3251 invoked by uid 502); 19 Sep 2005 01:22:30 -0000 Received: from dsl13079.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@66.243.212.79) by 0 with SMTP; 19 Sep 2005 01:22:30 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 66.243.212.79 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl13079.ywave.com Message-ID: <432E12D5.3010807@ywave.com> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:22:29 -0700 From: Micah User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050908) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Harout S. Hedeshian" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Changing Console Video Modes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:22:31 -0000 Harout S. Hedeshian wrote: > Users, > > This is my first time on this list so I hope I am posting in the > right place. I have been a Linux user for some time and I am trying out > FreeBSD as some people recommended it. In my previous Mandrake (now > Mandriva) Linux system, I could pass a kernel parameter in the LILO > configuration file to set the console video mode (like "vga=xxx"). I ran it > at 1024x768 and sometimes 1280x1024 (depending on the computer) to allow > more text on the console. I am trying to do the same for my FreeBSD system. > A quick Google search brought up this tutorial: > http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/. But, I'm not sure it does what I > want. It takes parameters in terms of character-cell dimensions and not > pixel dimensions. My question is, how do you tell the kernel to use 1024x768 > as the video mode without having to deal with fonts? Is there an easy way to > do it, or am I crazy to even ask? > > > > Oh, and one more thing, in Linux, the console is colorful. For example, if > you type "ls", directories are blue, executables are green, symlinks are > teal etc. Is there a way to make the console (or at least ls) colorful in > FreeBSD? > > > > Thanks, > > Harout Hedeshian Not sure about video modes (I usually use a Konsole or xterm), but for color make sure "setenv CLICOLOR 1" is in your .cshrc. I don't know if this works in other shells, but you could try an equivalent line in an equivalent file for your particular shell. Later, Micah