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.\"
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.\" @(#)kbdcontrol.1
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.\"
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.Dd May 22, 1994
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.Dt kbdcontrol 1
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.Dd June 30, 1999
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.Dt KBDCONTROL 1
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.Os FreeBSD
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm kbdcontrol
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.Nd a utility for manipulating the syscons keyboard driver section
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.Nd a utility for manipulating the syscons console driver
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl dFx
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.Op Fl b Ar duration.pitch | Ar [quiet.]belltype
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.Op Fl b Ar duration.pitch | Ar belltype
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.Op Fl r Ar delay.repeat | Ar speed
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.Op Fl l Ar mapfile
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.Op Fl l Ar keymap_file
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.Op Fl f Ar # Ar string
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.Op Fl h Ar size
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.Op Fl L Ar mapfile
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.Op Fl L Ar keymap_file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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command is used to set various keyboard related options for the syscons
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console driver, such as keymap, keyboard repeat & delay rates, bell
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command is used to set various keyboard related options for the
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.Xr syscons 4
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console driver and the keyboard drivers,
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such as key map, keyboard repeat and delay rates, bell
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characteristics etc.
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.Pp
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Keyboard options may be automatically configured at system boot time by
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setting variables in
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf .
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See
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.Sx Boot Time Configuration
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below.
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.Pp
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The following command line options are supported:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl b Ar duration.pitch | Ar [quiet.]belltype
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Set the bell duration in miliseconds and pitch in hertz.
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.It Fl b Ar duration.pitch | Ar belltype
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Set the bell duration in milliseconds and pitch in hertz.
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If a
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.Ar belltype
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argument is specified, it may be one of
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.Ar normal
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.Cm normal
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which set sound parameters back to normal values, or
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.Ar visual
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.Cm visual
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which set the bell to visual mode, i.e. flashes the screen instead.
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If
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.Ar belltype
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is preceded by the word
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.Ar quiet. ,
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.Cm quiet. ,
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the bell will not be rung when the ringing process is in the background vty.
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.It Fl r Ar delay.repeat | Ar speed
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Set keyboard
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@ -60,24 +69,33 @@ and
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rates, or if a
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.Ar speed
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argument is specified, it may be one of
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.Ar slow
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.Cm slow
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(1000.504),
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.Ar fast
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.Cm fast
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(250.34)
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or
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.Ar normal
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.Cm normal
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(500.126).
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.It Fl l Ar mapfile
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.It Fl l Ar keymap_file
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Install keyboard map file from
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.Ar mapfile .
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.Ar keymap_file .
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You may load the keyboard map file from a menu-driven command,
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.Xr kbdmap 1 .
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.It Fl d
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Dump the current keyboard map onto stdout.
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The output may be redirected to a file and can be loaded
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back to the kernel later by the
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.Fl l
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option above.
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.It Fl f Ar # Ar string
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.BI "\-f\ " #\ string
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.\".BI "\-f\ " #\ string
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Set function key number
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.Ar #
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to send
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.Ar string .
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Refer to the man page for the keyboard driver
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.Pq e.g. Xr atkbd 4
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for available function keys and their numbers.
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.It Fl F
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Set function keys back to the standard definitions.
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.It Fl x
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Set history buffer size to
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.Ar size
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lines.
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.It Fl L Ar mapfile
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.It Fl L Ar keymap_file
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Load keyboard map file from
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.Ar mapfile
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.Ar keymap_file
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and write the
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.Ft "struct keymap"
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compiled from it to stdout.
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This option is primarily intended for programmers and is probably
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of little use under normal circumstances.
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.El
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.Sh KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION
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.Ss Boot Time Configuration
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You may set variables in
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf
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or
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
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in order to configure the keyboard at boot time.
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The following is the list of relevant variables.
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width foo_bar_var -compact
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.It Ar keymap
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Specifies a keyboard map file for the
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.Fl l
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option.
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.It Ar keyrate
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Sets the keyboard repeat rate for the
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.Fl r
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option.
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.It Ar keychange
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Lists function key strings for the
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.Fl f
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option.
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.El
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.Pp
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See
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.Xr rc.conf 5
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for details.
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.Ss Driver Configuration
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The keyboard device driver may let you change default configuration
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options, such as the default keyboard map, so that you do not need to set up
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the options at boot time.
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See keyboard driver manuals
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.Pq e.g. Xr atkbd 4 , Xr ukbd 4
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for details.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/keymaps -compact
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.Pa /usr/share/syscons/keymaps
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.Sh "BUGS"
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.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/foo_bar -compact
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.It Pa /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/*
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keyboard map files.
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.Sh EXAMPLE
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The following command will load the keyboard map file
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.Pa /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/ru.koi8-r.kbd .
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.Pp
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.Dl kbdcontrol -l /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/ru.koi8-r.kbd
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.Pp
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So long as the keyboard map file resides in
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.Pa /usr/share/syscons/keymaps ,
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you may abbreviate the file name as
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.Pa ru.koi8-r .
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.Pp
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.Dl kbdcontrol -l ru.koi8-r
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.Pp
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The following command will make the function key 10 emit "telnet myhost".
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.Pp
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.Dl kbdcontrol -f 10 \&"telnet myhost\&"
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.Pp
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In order to get the visual effect for bell, but prevent the screen
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from flushing if the bell is to ring in the background screen,
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run the following command.
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.Pp
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.Dl kbdcontrol -b quiet.visual
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.Pp
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.Sh BUGS
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Report when found.
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.Sh "SEE ALSO"
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr kbdmap 1 ,
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.Xr vidcontrol 1 ,
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.Xr atkbd 4 ,
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.Xr keyboard 4 ,
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.Xr screen 4
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.Xr screen 4 ,
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.Xr syscons 4 ,
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.Xr ukbd 4 ,
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.Xr rc.conf 5 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Søren Schmidt Aq sos@FreeBSD.org
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)vidcontrol.1
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.\" $Id: vidcontrol.1,v 1.15 1999/04/08 13:51:54 ghelmer Exp $
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.\" $Id: vidcontrol.1,v 1.16 1999/06/03 12:44:16 yokota Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd May 22, 1994
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.Dd June 30, 1999
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.Dt VIDCONTROL 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm vidcontrol
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.Nd a utility for manipulating the syscons video driver.
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.Nd a utility for manipulating the syscons console driver.
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl r Ar fg Ar bg
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.Op Fl b Ar color
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.Op Fl c Ar appearance
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.Op Fl d
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.Op Fl i Ar adapter|mode
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.Op Fl l Ar scrmap
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.Op Fl L
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.Op Fl m Ar on|off
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.Op Fl f Ar size Ar file
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.Op Fl i Cm adapter | mode
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.Op Fl l Ar screen_map
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.Op Fl L
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.Op Fl m Cm on | off
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.Op Fl r Ar foreground Ar background
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.Op Fl s Ar number
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.Op Fl t Ar N|off
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.Op Fl t Ar N | Cm off
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.Op Fl x
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.Op mode
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.Op fgcol Op bgcol
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.Op show
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.Op Ar mode
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.Op Ar foreground Op Ar background
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.Op Cm show
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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command is used to set various options for the syscons video driver,
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such as video mode, colors, cursors, scrnmaps, font and screensaver timeout.
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command is used to set various options for the
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.Xr syscons 4
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console driver,
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such as video mode, colors, cursor shape, screen output map, font and screen
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saver timeout.
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.Pp
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The following command line options are supported:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It mode
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.It Ar mode
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Select a new video mode. The modes currently recognized are:
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.Ar 40x25 ,
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.Ar 80x25 ,
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@ -79,58 +82,85 @@ can also be chosen.
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See
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.Sx Video Mode Support
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below.
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.It fgcol Op bgcol
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.It Ar foreground Op Ar background
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Change colors when displaying text. Specify the foreground color
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(e.g. "vidcontrol white"), or both a foreground & background color
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(e.g. "vidcontrol yellow blue").
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.It show
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(e.g. ``vidcontrol white''), or both a foreground and background colors
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(e.g. ``vidcontrol yellow blue'').
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Use the
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.Cm show
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command below to see available colors.
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.It Cm show
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See the supported colors on a given platform.
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.It Fl r Ar foreground Ar background
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.It Fl r Ar foreground background
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Change reverse mode colors to
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.Ar foreground
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and
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.Ar background .
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.It Fl b Ar color
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Set border color to
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.Ar color
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(only supported on VGA hardware).
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.It Fl c Ar normal|blink|destructive
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.Ar color .
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This option may not be always supported by the video driver.
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.It Fl c Cm normal | blink | destructive
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Change the cursor appearance. The cursor is either an inverting block
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(normal) that eventually can "blink". Or it can be like the old hardware cursor
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(destructive). The latter is actually a simulation.
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.Pq Cm normal
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that eventually can
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.Cm blink .
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Or it can be like the old hardware cursor
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.Pq Cm destructive .
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The latter is actually a simulation.
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.It Fl d
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Print out current screen output map.
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.It Fl l Ar scrmap
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Print out current output screen map.
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.It Fl l Ar screen_map
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Install screen output map file from
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.Ar scrmap
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.Ar screen_map
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See also
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.Xr syscons 4 .
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.It Fl L
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Install default screen output map.
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.It Fl i Ar adapter
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Shows info about the current videoadapter.
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.It Fl i Ar mode
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Shows the possible videomodes with the current video hardware.
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.It Fl m Ar on|off
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Switch the mousepointer
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.Ar on
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.It Fl i Cm adapter
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Shows info about the current video adapter.
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.It Fl i Cm mode
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Shows the possible video modes with the current video hardware.
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.It Fl m Cm on | off
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Switch the mouse pointer
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.Cm on
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or
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.Ar off .
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Used together with the moused
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daemon for textmode cut & paste functionality.
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.Cm off .
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Used together with the
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.Xr moused 8
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daemon for text mode cut & paste functionality.
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.It Fl f Ar size Ar file
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Load font
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.Ar file
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for
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.Ar size
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(currently, only 8x8, 8x14 or 8x16).
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(currently, only
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.Cm 8x8 ,
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.Cm 8x14
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or
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.Cm 8x16
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).
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The font file can be either uuencoded or in raw binary format.
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You can also use the menu-driven
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.Xr vidfont 1
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command to load the font of your choice.
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.Pp
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Note that older video cards, such as MDA and CGA, do not support
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software font.
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See also
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.Sx Video Mode Support
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and
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.Sx EXAMPLE
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below and the man page for
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.Xr syscons 4 .
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.It Fl s Ar number
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Set the current vty to
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.Ar number .
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.It Fl t Ar N|off
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.It Fl t Ar N | Cm off
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Set the screensaver timeout to
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.Ar N
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seconds, or turns it
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.Ar off .
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.Cm off .
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.It Fl x
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Use hexadecimal digits for output.
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.El
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Note that not all modes listed above may be supported by the video
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hardware.
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You can verify which mode is supported by the video hardware, using the
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.Fl i Ar mode
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.Fl i Cm mode
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option.
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.Pp
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The VESA BIOS support must be linked to the kernel
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It is better to always load all three sizes (8x8, 8x14 and 8x16)
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of the same font.
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.Pp
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You may set
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.Ar font8x8 ,
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.Ar font8x14
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and
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.Ar font8x16
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variables in
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You may set variables in
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf
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or
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
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to the desired font files so that they will be automatically loaded
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so that desired font files will be automatically loaded
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when the system starts up.
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See below.
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.Sh VIDEO OUTPUT CONFIGURATION
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.Ss Boot Time Configuration
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You may set the following variables in
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf
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or
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.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
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in order to configure the video output at boot time.
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width foo_bar_var -compact
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.It Ar blanktime
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Sets the timeout value for the
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.Fl t
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option.
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.It Ar font8x16, font8x14, font8x8
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Specifies font files for the
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.Fl f
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option.
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.It Ar scrnmap
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Specifies a screen output map file for the
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.Fl l
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option.
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.El
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.Pp
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See
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.Xr rc.conf 5
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for more details.
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.Ss Driver Configuration
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The video card driver may let you change default configuration
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options, such as the default font, so that you do not need to set up
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the options at boot time.
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See video card driver manuals,
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.Pq e.g. Xr vga 4
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for details.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps -compact
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.It Pa /usr/share/syscons/fonts
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.It Pa /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps
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.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/foo-bar -compact
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.It Pa /usr/share/syscons/fonts/*
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font files.
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.It Pa /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/*
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screen output map files.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLE
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If you want to load
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.Pa /usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso-8x16.fnt
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to the kernel, run
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.Nm
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as:
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.Pp
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.Dl vidcontrol -f 8x16 /usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso-8x16.fnt
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.Pp
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So long as the font file is in
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.Pa /usr/share/syscons/fonts ,
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you may abbreviate the file name as
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.Pa iso-8x16 :
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.Pp
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.Dl vidcontrol -f 8x16 iso-8x16
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.Pp
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Likewise, you can also abbreviate the screen output map file name for
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the
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.Fl l
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option if the file is found in
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.Pa /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps .
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.Pp
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.Dl vidcontrol -l iso-8859-1_to_cp437
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.Pp
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The above command will load
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.Pa /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/iso-8859-1_to_cp437.scm .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr kbdcontrol 1 ,
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.Xr keyboard 4 ,
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.Xr screen 4 ,
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.Xr syscons 4 ,
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.Xr vidfont 1 ,
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.Xr vga 4 ,
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.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
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.Xr moused 8
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