From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 18 18:35:47 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE6CE1065672 for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:35:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saschaview@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E10D8FC29 for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:35:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwc33 with SMTP id 33so5936766wwc.31 for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:35:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id :references:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=J38zbsEiv1RStNbE++JVlqrFc0UyaKenfAqCL7GyirQ=; b=r5LQufqgX4s8i5Vyxn4YQqpMlX+aAdA06tCkBo1OZoLV7CQYA47HFPdEpHr8GJ3yte ItNgVmitJ+juar+jj5IrwWf00DCDG3H9NfeeC5UexooiXCZi+u3a+Zceu8oXdYyopbkS LQf2urkq3O3wYX6XDZuIHGvROe8qfdUHVERXg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=rnhYgTVvx+8jCsyDjjV6gn6C0bn3VIdPpmtL8VPYYH9QVZ/AAcpk6gOINM+gWfusfW LhjSKBPLt/pI35vksLRFREOsDbfd1KlpZX/p2+4+GQXNXfFGpPE8kFHQPB+DaieDW7KD DsIHUmyKsbLtRSE4X5mCaHGmhmqtdtXaTcWho= Received: by 10.216.80.207 with SMTP id k57mr287697wee.12.1303151746469; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:35:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ilium (77-58-247-28.dclient.hispeed.ch [77.58.247.28]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h39sm2730170wes.29.2011.04.18.11.35.43 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:35:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:35:41 +0200 (CEST) From: Sascha Vieweg To: Warren Block In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (OSX 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD VMWare Mac screen resulution and keyboard map 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, 18 Apr 2011 18:35:48 -0000 On 11-04-09 17:17, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 8 Apr 2011, Sascha Vieweg wrote: > >> As a curious beginner I am running FreeBSD on VMWare Fusion >> 3.1.2 on a MacBook Pro 13'' i5, and I want to do two things on >> the normal (startup) console: >> >> (1) use my apple keyboard, especially, scroll through console >> output > > man syscons | less -p'Back Scrolling' ... Says: press the `slock' key (with some PC keyboard description). However, I have got a MB Pro where no such key is available. Thus, I may repeat my question: How can I get console scolling working on my MacBook Pro 13''? >> (2) have a screen resolution of at least 800x600. > > vidcontrol(1) can set different modes, potentially including > VESA_800x600. What's available depends on the video card BIOS > and you'll probably have to build a kernel with SC_PIXEL_MODE. > >> Both things seem to be no particular problem in X11, however, >> I cannot find advices for the normal console. > > Unless you're trying to emulate a machine without X11 for a > particular purpose, xterms are more versatile than consoles. > It's probably possible to get a console-like stack of fullscreen > xterms with one of the mouseless window managers. Thanks, the vidcontrol tip helped a lot. *S* -- Sascha Vieweg, saschaview@gmail.com