Console size and scrollback buffer.

[Polytropon]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:58:31 +0530, "James Williams" <james.williams1952 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

You can use vidcontrol to do that.



> 2) How can these settings be made default (takes effect at boot)?

At boot? Never tried this, but I think there are some kernel
settings that are relevant for this; they'll be documented in
the NOTES files for the kernel.



> 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?

In FreeBSD, use the Scroll Lock key (that's why it's there); the
length of the scrollback buffer can be controlled by vidcontrol, too.

Refer to "man vidcontrol" and its EXAMPLES section.



> I played around with vidcontrol but was not quite successful.

Make sure the requested videomode is available, "vidcontrol -i mode"
will tell you.


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