Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org> writes:

> On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 09:44:12PM +0100, A. Lucien Meyers wrote:
>> Hi! Have a 21" monitor and am a text console fan. How can I configure
>> netbsd i386 text console to:
>> 
>> 1. use framebuffer device (i386), preferably at boot up
>
> What feature do you need from this exactly ? For text only mode,
> a VGA mode should do the same thing.

The framebuffer fonts are much more attractive, e. g. nicely rounded.
One also gets more lines and columns just by setting smaller font size,
very useful on big screen. One can use the utility fbi to view graphics
mode images in frame buffer mode without leaving the text console.

>> 2. 127 columns X 60 lines or something similar (80 x 50 is much too
>>    big) with a high refresh rate
>> 
>> 3. pretty legible font for 2, preferably iso-8859-15 (AKA Latin 9 or 0)
>> 
>> 4. cyan on black default colours on all consoles
>> 
>> 5. 11 usable consoles, number 12 reserved for X (got 8 so far)
>> 
>> 6. get terminal set up to map function keys pc-like, e. g. when using
>>    midnight commander?
>> 
>> Guidance to detailed docs and other advice much appreciated.
>
> see the wscons and wsconsctl manual pages

Had already printed out these manpages before posting above. Did not
find infos sufficient for me (newbie) to answer above questions. Verbose
manpages are still very terse for me. What for example must one put into
which config files to get the resolution in 2?

Salutations,

Lucien
-- 
If you receive this by error, please delete it and inform the sender.
PGP Key fingerprint=F1C0 D9AE 1B18 1405 4DFA  B4CC 6DC7 FF78 C76E FB15
To Big Brother Echelon from "spook":
fissionable Treasury kibo explosion domestic disruption ammunition BATF