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.

> 
> 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


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