Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 21:20:01 -0500 (EST) From: Barry Masterson <jbarrm@panix.com> To: "freebsd.questions" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: New Kernel. alt F12, backspace, blinking cursor. Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951202204535.19958A-100000@panix.com>
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I just finished building the new kernel. All is well, however there are a few questions I have. First, I left out the MFS options, and kept the default pseudo-device tun. I'm not too sure just how ijppp relates to my situation & my dial-up ppp account, but that can wait. In the kernel config file, I enabled PCVT, XSERVER & vt0. 'make depend' issued an error when I first had both 'sc0' & 'vt0' enabled in the config file, so I hashed out the 'sc0' line. Make depend, make, & make install worked and I rebooted. It took a few minutes to figure out how to access the virtual consoles, in 2.0.5 I used ALT F1 - F6 for the six vc's. Now I know to use ALT F12 to move from vc to vc. Also, ALT F11 displays some kind of system status information bar. I do however now have a Blinking Cursor. I had gotten used to the solid cursor and now miss it. Any hints on how to change it back? I tried changing the /etc/sysconfig file; changing the 'cursor' line from "normal" to NO, but upon rebooting, I still have the blinking cursor. The message I got upon rebooting after the cursor change follows: [vidcontrol: cursorMust be on a virtual console: Inappropriate ioctl for device] In the original reInstallation of 2.1.0, I chose the screen saver option. I have a NEC MultiSync XV15 monitor, and a S3 805 video card, both of which support the 'green thing'. Upon booting the new kernel I got this message: screensaver: /lkm/green_saver_mod.o: Undefined symbol `_scrn_blanked' referenced from text segment /lkm/green_saver_mod.o: Undefined symbol `_crtc_addr' referenced from text segment /lkm/green_saver_mod.o: Undefined symbol `_crtc_addr' referenced from text segment /lkm/green_saver_mod.o: Undefined symbol `_scrn_blanked' referenced from text segment modload: /usr/bin/ld: return code 1 I have since changed the /etc/sysconfig file, the 'saver="green" ' line to 'saver=NO', and the above message no longer is displayed. Also, the backspace, and delete key no longer work, all I get now is ^? and ^[[ respectively. This is also the case in vi. Luckily, CTRL h Does work as a command line eraser. This new setup is new to me. Any advice on how to use the what I guess is PCVT will be appreciated. My main questions are, how do I get the cursor back to its Non-Blinking state, and how do I fix the backspace & delete keys. I remember seeing a few letters last week on PCVT. I still have to review them. Any help on the above will be appreciated. Barry Masterson jbarrm@panix.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - FreeBSD 2.1.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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